In the News

How Do Dams Fall: Conversations with the Colorado River Voices for Biodiversity, September 5, 2018

Preble's Mouse, Fish Populations Rebounding Along St. Vrain Creek Longmont Times-Call, August 28,2018

Corporate Food Brands Driving Massive Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Earth Food Life, Media Institute, August 28,2018

India's Largest City Shows Banning Plastics Is Easier Said Than Done Yale Environment 360, August 28,2018

Lessons Learned from Centuries of Indigenous Forest Management Yale Environment 360, August 18,2018

Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It's About Time Yale Environment 360, August 14,2018

I 76 is Blossoming into a Pollinator Highway for Colorado Bees Birds and Even Flies CPR 8-2-18

Does a Fire-Ravaged Forest Need Human Help to Recover? Yale Environment 360, June 14, 2018

Is it Right to Kill Animals to Protect a Species? Yale Environment 360, June 4, 2018

Humans Are Just 0.01% of Life on Earth, But We Still Annihilated The Rest of It Science Alert, May 22, 2018

The Biomass Distribution on Earth Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 21, 2018

The Cult of Hunting and Its timely Demise Counterpunch, May 1, 2018

Nest Box Setup for Urban Bird Conservation Kids of the Birdwatching Club, Arizona

Trump Administration Has Officially Clipped the Wings of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Washington Post, April 14, 2018

Listen: When Human Rights Are Not Enough Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog April 10, 2018

Why Green Groups Are Split on Subsidizing Carbon Capture Technology Yale Environment 360, April 9, 2018

Colombia Supreme Court Rules that Amazon Region is Subject of Rights CELDF April 6, 2018

San Francisco Bans Fur Alternet, March 22, 2018

It's only natural: the push to give rivers, mountains and forests legal rights The Guardian, March 20, 2018

Colorado Allows 39 Companies to Pollute the State's Waterways Denver Post March 16, 2018

Humanity's meat and dairy intake must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change Alternet, March 14, 2018

America is waking up to the stupidity of being wasteful with plastic: plastic trash kills animals Alternet, March 11, 2018

Suit filed to save Colorado mountain lions, bears Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, March 14, 2018

Light Pollution Effects on Wildlife & Ecosystems International Dark-Sky Association

Lighting Crime and Safety Studies International Dark-Sky Association

Wildlife Diversity in Abundance At Sandstone Ranch Nature Area City of Longmont Blog, February 28, 2018

Protect the Neglected Half of Our Blue Planet Nature, February 6, 2018

Will Coloradans Free Wolves on the State’s Public Lands? Boulder Weekly, February 1, 2018

Boulder County Parks & Open Space Euthanizes a Majority of Prairie Dogs It 'Controls' Boulder Daily Camera, January 16, 2018

The Rights of Nature Movement Goes On Trial Rolling Stone Magazine, 2018

Beware the Age of Loneliness The Economist, November 18, 2018

Some Birds Are So Stressed by Noise Pollution It Looks Like They Have PTSD Washington Post, January 9, 2018

17 Ways the Trump Administration Assaulted the Environment Over the Holidays The Revelator, January 2, 2018

Boulder Rights of Nature quoted The Pulse Chattanooga Weekly, December 13, 2017

7 Songs for the Anthropocene Center for Biological Diversity, December 7, 2017

State Files Again to Dismiss Colorado River Personhood Lawsuit Post Independent Glenwood Springs December 2, 2017

First U.S. Rights of Nature Symposium: VIDEO CELDF & Tulane University, October 27, 2017

US to suspend Use in Colorado of ‘Cyanide Bombs’ to Kill Wild Animals
 US News & World Report, November 6, 2017

Leave the Leaves Xerces Society October 24, 2017

Corporations Have Rights. Why Shouldn't Rivers? New York Times September 26, 2017

The State of Colorado Is Being Sued By ... The Colorado River? Westword, September 22, 2017

Rights of nature lawsuit seeks personhood for the Colorado River Boulder Weekly September 28, 2017

Colorado River vs State of Colorado: First in the Nation Federal Lawsuit! CELDF September 21, 2017

How Rights of Nature Will Help Restore Mexico City's Rivers Earth Law Center, September 2017

Historic Win in Colorado Fracking Lawsuit EcoWatch, March 24, 2017

3 Rivers Are Now Legally People The Conversation.com, March 23, 2017

Trump Administration Is Just Fine Poisoning America's Iconic Bald Eagles Alternet, March 18, 2017

CPW Predator Management Plans That Call For the Slaughter of Mountain Lions and Bears Boulder Weekly, March 16, 2017

To Avoid Ecological Calamity, We Must Adopt More Human-scale Techologies Chelsea Green Publishing, March 15, 2017

Do Apes Deserve Personhood Rights: Lawyer heads to NY Supreme Court NBC News, March 15, 2017

UN Experts denounce ‘myth’ pesticides are necessary to feed the world:
Report blames manufacturers for ‘systematic denial of harms and unethical marketing tactics’ The Guardian, March 7, 2017

New Interior Secretary Zinke Reverses Lead-Ammunition Ban on Obama Administration Decision in Wildlife Refuges!! NBC News, Mar 3, 2017

After court ruling wolves could soon be shot in Wyoming Washington Post, Mar 3, 2017

280 Groups Oppose Western Governors' Association's Efforts to Weaken Endangered Species Act Center for Biological Diversity, Feb 23, 2017

Texas Senator John Cornyn Introduces Bills to Gut Endangered Species Act Center for Biological Diversity, Feb 16, 2017

2 Conservation Easements Will Protect 20,000 Acres of Colorado Prairie Grasslands Nature Conservancy.org, February 7, 2017

Mexico Border Wall Impact on Wildlife Panthera.org, Feb 1, 2017

Western Voters Prioritize Conservation Denver Post, January 31, 2017

The Only Way out of this Mess Is for Communities to Manage & Protect Their Wild Places & Animals Alternet.com, January 29, 2017

Boulder County Sees Return of Threatened Northern River Otter Boulder Daily Camera, January 22, 2017

Take Your Canvas Bag to the Market 121 Times Alternet.com, January 17, 2017

Celebrating 2 Centuries of Thoreau NYT Book Review, January 13, 2017

Get Rid of 2 Strikes Rule for Bears Boulder Daily Camera, January 12, 2017

U.S. Congressional Bill Would Strip Protections for Wolves Wisconsin Gazette, January 11, 2017

Obama's Historic Conservation Legacy
Beats Teddy Roosevelt BBC, January 4, 2017

Colorado May Kill More Bears and Mountain Lions to Boost Deer Population Denver Post, October 22, 2016

To Adopt IUCN 2012 Universal Declaration of Rights of Nature September 1-10 Alliance for Global Rights of Nature, August, 2016

New Law Deals Major Blow to GMO Labeling Alternet, August 4, 2016

USFWS Removed the Lesser Prairie Cicken from the Endangered Species List Colorado Public Radio, July 21, 2016

Farmed Salmon is an Industry Shrouded in Secrecy That Threatens the Native Salmon Population Eco Watch, July18 2016

Biodiversity Is Below Safe Levels Across More Than Half of World's Land The Guardian, July 14, 2016

Synthetic Fabrics Harm Wildlife, Poison the Food Supply & Expose You to Toxins Alternet, July 7, 2016

Roundup being connected to algae blooms that have fouled drinking water and killed wildlife Eco Watch, July 7, 2016

Milky Way Now Hidden From One-third of Humanity University of Colorado News, June 10, 2016

Are We Really Going to Let Corporations Buy Naming Rights to Our National Parks? Alternet, June 22, 2016

3.2 Million Animals Killed by Federal Wildlife-destruction Program in 2015: Ignoring Calls for Reform, Wildlife Services Kills Half-million More 
Coyotes, Bears, Wolves, Foxes, Other Animals Than Previous Year Center for Biological Diversity, June 21, 2016

85 Percent of Continental U.S. Birds Protected by Endangered Species Act 
Have Increased or Stabilized Since Being Protected: Average Increase Was 624 Percent Center for Biological Diversity, June 21, 2016

National Aquarium Plans to Create Dolphin Sanctuary New York Times, June 14, 2016

Celebrate the Seas: World Ocean Day 2016 IB Times, June 8, 2016

9 Out of 10 Americans Tested Positive for Monsanto's Cancer-Linked Weedkiller Glyphosate (ROUNDUP) Alternet, May 27, 2016

Rainbarrels Legal in Colorado in August 2016! Fox 31 Denver, May 12, 2016

Conserving and Recovering Boulder County Mammals of Special Concern Report by Hailey Hawkins, M.A.Environmental Leadership Candidate at Naropa University and BRON Intern 2016

Denver, D.C. and 17 states fail Clean Air Standards ALTERNET, April 20 2016

President Obama Wants to Protect Alaskan Wildlife From Cruel Killing Methods But Trophy Hunters Aren't Happy About It Alternet, April 19 2016

Meet Monsanto's Evil Twin, An Industry That Does Major Damage Alternet, April 13, 2016

Boulder Bear Management Boulder Daily Camera, April 7 2016

Two Widely Used Pesticides Likely to Harm 97% of Endangered Species in U.S. The Guardian, April 7, 2016

Wyoming & Wolves: There's More to the Elk-Killing Story Jackson Hole News & Guide, April 6, 2016

FDA Sued Over Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon: U.S. is first government in the world to approve a genetically engineered animal for human consumption Center for Food Safety, Earthjustice, April 1 2016

Protecting Critical Habitat for 125 federally protected species found in Hawaii Center for Biological Diversity, March 29 2016

Protecting the Pika Nature Conservancy, March 25 2016

Top 10 Ethical Travel Destinations Off the Beaten Path Alternet, March 21, 2016

Why Wolves Matter Living with Wolves, March 2016

Marine Corp postpones plans to translocate 1185 tortoises for training grounds Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2016

Boulder County Commissioners Direct Staff to Develop a Plan for Transitioning County-owned Agricultural Land Away from Growing Genetically Engineered Crops Boulder County Bulletin, March 17, 2016

February didn't just break climate change records - it totally obliterated them Alternet, March 17, 2016

Monsanto suffers setback as GOP tried, and failed, to keep Americans in the dark about GMO's Alternet, March 16, 2016

Feds Agree to Consider West's Bumblebees as an Endangered Species Denver Post, March 5, 2016

A Tale of Two Lakes -- the Case for Open Space Boulder Daily Camera Opinion, February 25, 2016

Green Party of England & Wales Adopts Rights of Nature Policy CELDF Newsletter, March 1, 2016

GM Crops Attacked, Defended During Marathon Boulder Hearing Boulder Camera, February 29, 2016

Is This the Future of Zoos? Christian Science Monitor, February 25, 2016

Slaughter of Up to 900 Wild Bison at Yellowstone Ecowatch, February 15, 2016

Colorado Needs Wolves Rocky Mountain Chapter Sierra Club Newsletter, February 2016

More Plastic Than Fish in the Sea by 2050 The Guardian, January 19, 2016

Colorado turns cold shoulder to endangered wolves: Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners' stance opposing release of wolves complicates federal push to prevent wolf extinction. Denver Post January 14, 2016

Wildlife commission should welcome wolves to Colorado Denver Post Opinion, January 12, 2016

A constitutional right to stop fracking in our communities Boulder Daily Camera Guest Opinions, December 9, 2015

Why Prairie Dogs Matter Boulder Daily Camera Guest Opinions, November 26, 2015

Open Season on Mountain Lions Boulder Daily Camera Opinion, November 19, 2015

There's a Population Crisis All Right - But Probably Not The One You Think. The Guardian, November 19, 2015

Keep It In the Ground E&ENews, November 17, 2015

Collapsing Greenland Glacier Could Raise Sea Levels By Half A Metre Say Scientists The Guardian, November 12, 2015

Disease-Free, Genetically Pure Bison Return to Northern Colorado 7 News, November 1, 2015

U.N. Analysis: World Climate Pledges Too Weak To Prevent Dangerous Warming Center for Biological Diversity, October 30, 2015

A Kingdom in Jeopardy African Wildlife Foundation, October 30, 2015

U.S. Climate Negotiators Urged to Support Airplane, Ship Pollution Cuts During Paris Negotiations Center for Biological Diversity, October 21, 2015

Washington Governor Nixes Cougar Hunting Quota Increases: Overrules Wildlife Panel The Spokesman-Review, October 20, 2015

Captive Chimpanzees Are Now Protected Under the Endangered Species Act, October 2015

Obama Administration Scraps Arctic Drilling Plans Common Dreams,October 17, 2015

Feds Move Ahead with Mexican Wolf Releases Santa Fe New Mexican, October 14, 2015

Boulder County Resolution Supporting the Endangered Species Act Boulder County Commissioners, October 13, 2015

Genetically Pure Bison To Return to Northern Colorado Plains Coloradoan, October 13, 2015

Unnecessary Boulder Bear Killing Challenges Anthrozoology by Mark Beckoff, Ph.D, Boulder Psychology Today October 9, 2015

10 Mexican Gray Wolves to be Released in Mew Mexico Center for Biological Diversity, October 8, 2015

Let's All Take A Deep Breath: Naropa and Prairie Dogs, Todd Kilburn Boulder Daily Camera October 7, 2015

New Hampshire Legislature to Consider State Constitutional Amendment - to Protect Rights of People, Communities and Nature CELDF October 5, 2015

Ho-Chunk Nation Amends Constitution to Add Environmental Protections: Rights of Nature Provision Designed To Strengthen Legal Standing Wisconsin NPR, September 28, 2015

Cue The Greater Sage Grouse Law Suits High Country News, September 22, 2015

US rejects protections for Greater Sage Grouse across West AP, September 22, 2015

World Loses Trillions of Dollars Worth of Nature's Benefits Each Year Due To Land Degradation Science Daily, September 15, 2015

Navy Agrees to Restrict Offshore Training To Protect Marine Mammals Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2015

California Declares Round-up A Carcinogen Ecowatch, September 8, 2015

5 Things You Need To Know About Greater Sage-Grouse and the Endangered Species Act Cornell Lab of Ornithology, September 4, 2015

Advocacy Group Protests Potential Naropa Prairie Dog Extermination Boulder Daily Camera, August 30, 2015

Colorado Community Rights Amendment Colorado Statesman, August 21, 2015

Moratorium on Industrial Projects Helpful, Planned Protections Prove Inadequate for Grouse Populations Wild Earth Guardians, Erik Molvar, August 20, 2015

Catastrophe on the Animas: Toxic Water Floods River After EPA Disaster At Gold King Mine in Silverton Durango Herald, August 6,2015

The BLM Just Sold More Leases on the Pawnee Westword, July 28, 2015

Oil & Grouse: the sage-grouse debate isn't just about a bird, it's about saving the West as we know it Boulder Weekly, July 16, 2015

Europe Braces for More Climate Litigation: Dutch Order to Cut Emissions Opens Door for Citizens' Lawsuits Elsewhere Nature Journal, July 1, 2015

In Western Sagebrush a New Model for Saving Threatened Species June 2, 2015, Christian Science Monitor

Xiuhtezcatl, Local Indigenous Youth Climate Activist speaks at UN General Assembly on Climate Change YouTube June 29, 2015

Wolf Tracks Willamette Week, May 27, 2015
High Stakes for the Iconic Sage Grouse Denver Post, May 23, 2015

The Bees Can't Wait: White House Plan to Save Pollinators Falls Short, Say Experts Common Dreams, May 19, 2015

The Great Grief: How to Cope with Losing Our World Common Dreams, May 15, 2015

Endangered Ferrets to be Released at Once-Toxic Rocky Mountain Refuge Denver Post May 8, 2015

Gunnison Sage Grouse ESA Status Proposed for Listing since 2010 Wild Earth Guardians

Boulder City Adopts 'Bee Safe' Resolution To Not Use Neonicotinoid Pesticides Daily Camera, May 5, 2015

In Historic NY Supreme Court Ruling Recognizes 2 Chimps as Legal Persons Earth In Transition Blog, April 20, 2015

Local GMO Ban on May Ballot Corvallis Advocate, April 24, 2015
Butterflies in Danger: Routine Mosquito Sprays Harm More Than Thought Nature World News, April 8, 2015

Activists Continue Fight for Prairie Dogs Castle Rock News-Press, March 2, 2015

Colorado Land Impact of Oil & Gas Denver Post, March 1, 2015
Chemical Free Parks in Durango Alternet, February 20, 2015
Neonicotinoid Poison Found in All Santa Barbara Streams: Insecticide Fatal to Bees Common Dreams, February 9, 2015

U.S. Government Teams with Conservation Partners to Launch $3.2 Million Campaign for Monarch Butterfly Conservation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website, February 9, 2015

Faulting EPA Green Leaders Warn Obama: Bees Running Out of Time? Common Dreams, February 5, 2015

Brainard Lake Moose Kill Triggers Tighter Restrictions for Hunters Boulder Daily Camera, January 30, 2015

Should Nature Have Standing To Sue? High Country News, January 19, 2015
City of Boulder Protecting Pollinators City of Boulder website

Environmentalists Should Focus on River Destruction Boulder Daily Camera, January 15, 2015

Professor Mary Wood Discusses Climate Change, Public Trust Doctrine ... with Bill Moyers University of Oregon School of Law. January 8, 2015

All forms of Life Are Sacred, Chris Hedges Truthdig, January 4, 2015

Bill Moyers The Ingenious Project to Save Our Climate Using An Ancient Legal Theory Alternet, January 2, 2015

Monarch Butterfly Moves Towards Endangered Species Act Protection Common Dreams, Monday December 29, 2014

Cuomo To Ban Fracking in New York State, Citing Health Risks New York Times, December 17, 2014

Dogs in Heaven? Pope Francis Leaves Pearly Gates Open New York Times, December 11, 2014
Loggers accidentally Cut Down World's Oldest Tree in Amazon Forest Environment South America, December 6, 2014
Chimpanzees Don't Have The Same Rights As Humans, New York Court Rules Huffington Post, December 5, 2014

Australian Government Taken to Court at the International Tribunal for Rights of Nature Over Neglect of Great Barrier Reef ABC.Net Environment, December 4, 2014

Can the World Really Set Aside Half of the Planet for Wildlife? The Eminent Evolutionary Biologist E.O. Wilson has an Audacious Vision. Smithsonian Magazine November 18, 2014

First in Nation: Ecosystem Files to Defend Legal Rights to Exist & Flourish CELDF Press Release, November 18, 2014

Western States Wildlife Groups Sue Over Imperiled Lynx's Habitat. Associated Press November 17, 2014

Colorado State Wildlife Commission Shoots Down Petition to Ban Lead Ammo. Guns.com November 15, 2014

Boulder Commissioners Extend County Gas & Oil Development Moratorium to June 20,2018. Boulder Daily Camera, November 13, 2014

Saving the Planet, One Meal at A Time, Chris Hedges. Truthdig, November 9, 2014

Election Update: Community Rights Wins Around the Country. CELDF, November 4, 2014

National Community Rights Network Holds Historic First Meeting. CELDF, October 30, 2014

Reversing Course on Beavers. New York Times, October 28, 2014

Humans, Chimps and Why We Need Personhood for All. Time Magazine, October 27, 2014

Tracing the Line in Colorado: A State Split Left and Right. See Paragraph 2, that's BRON! NewYork Times, October 24, 2014


The Risks of Cheap Water. New York Times, October 14, 2014

Bolivia is to become the first country in the world to give Nature comprehensive legal rights in an effort to halt climate change and the exploitation of the natural world. Earth We Are One, October 10, 2014
Non-lead Ammunition Helps Condor Recovery. Mohave Valley Daily News, Bullhead City, AZ, October 3, 2014

Public Trust Proposal to Protect Colorado Air & Water Slated for 2016. Denver Business Journal, September 3, 2014

Grow a network of habitat for songbirds and pollinators in gardens, save water for our streams and rivers, and restore our joy in nature every day. Wildlife Habitat Heroes: A backyard project of Audubon Rockies

Endangered Species Habitat: Obama Administration Unveils Rewrite of Key Rules for Critical Habitat under the Endangered Species Act, E&E News 

Instead of nourishing us, what we eat and the way we produce it threaten the air we breathe, the water we drink and the dirt under our feet. Food Forward PBS TV Series, Fall 2014
Petitioning Governor Hickenlooper to change hunting regulations at Brainard Lake Not endorsed by BRON September 17, 2014

Creating Sustainable Communities: Elevating Community Rights Above Corporate Powers Colorado Community Rights Network August 30, 2014

After 90% Decline Federal Protection Sought for Monarch Butterfly Center for Biological Diversity, August 26, 2014

Monarch Butterflies Xerces Society, August 2014

Northern Harriers Fledge 5 Young in Boulder County, Steve Jones, Summer 2014

Bee-Toxic Pesticides Found In Bee-Friendly Plants Sold in U.S. Garden Centers Friends of the Earth, June 2014
Two Oregon Counties Ban GMO Plants AlterNet, May 21, 2014
Should A Chimp Be Able to Sue Its Owner? The Rights of Man and Beast New York Times Magazine, April 27, 2014

Does the Public Trust Doctrine That Protects Air, Water and Endangered Species Apply to Climate? University of Oregon Quarterly, January 6, 2014

Will Boulder Embrace Legal Rights for Plants and Animals? Denver Westword
Rights of Nature Passes in Mora County, NM EcoWatch, April 30, 2013

Santa Monica Recognizes Legal Standing for Ecosystems Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, April 12, 2013

Santa Monica City Council Approves Bill of Sustainability Rights Santa Monica Dispatch
Sustainability Bill of Rights: A New Paradigm to Protect the Environment HuffPost Los Angeles
Time to Recognize the Rights of Nature Grist
Rights of Nature and an Earth Community Economy Tikkun
Rebel Towns The Nation
The First Successful Case of the Rights of Nature Implementation in Ecuador Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, March 30, 2011

KGNU’s Hemispheres program with BRON board members Steve Jones and Dan Leftwich, in which they introduced the organization and the need for recognition of the rights of nature (January 8, 2013)

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A River in New Zealand Gets a Legal Voice Films for Action
New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood Care2.com, September 8, 2012
United Nations Debates Whether Nature Has Rights SustainableBusiness.com, April20, 2011