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  Senate Vote Threatens Protections for Alaska’s Western Arctic
                    The Senate today approved a resolution utilizing the Congressional Review Act to rollback Biden-era protections for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. This misuse of the CRA
      
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  Fisheries Commission Adopts Short-Term Protections for Delaware Bay Ecosystem
                    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission today set a two-year pause on the bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, declining to adopt
      
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  DOI Trades Away Alaskan Refuges, Sells Out Public Lands
                    The Trump administration dealt a blow to the National Wildlife Refuge System by removing protections from the Arctic and Izembek National Wildlife Refuges. During what
      
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Defenders of Wildlife Praises US-Mexico Agreement on Protections for the Vaquita Porpoise
                    Jennifer Witherspoon 202-772-0269 jwitherspoon@defenders.org Defenders of Wildlife Praises US-Mexico Agreement on Protections for the Vaquita Porpoise; Calls for New Partnership with China to End Illegal
      
                                  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Imperiled Status of Lesser Prairie Chicken
                    Defenders of Wildlife Calls for an Endangered Listing for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Witherspoon, 202.772.0269, jwitherspoon@defenders.org WASHINGTON (July 19, 2016) –
      
                                  Terrible Interior Budget Bill Filled with Extinction Riders Advances in House
                    Contact: Haley McKey hmckey@defenders.org 202-772-0247 Terrible Interior Budget Bill Filled with Extinction Riders Advances in House WASHINGTON (July 13, 2016) – Today, the U.S. House
      
                                  North Carolina State Legislative Committee Calls for Killing Red Wolf Recovery Program
                    Fewer than 50 Red Wolves remain in the wild Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org RALEIGH, N.C. (Thursday, June 23, 2016)– The House Natural Resources Committee
      
                                  House Committee on Appropriations Doubles Down with More Attacks on #ESA, #Wildlife
                    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 15, 2016)– The House Appropriations Committee has marked up the FY 2017 bill to fund
      
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