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Trump Administration Opens Door to Bear Baiting, Den Hunting in Alaska Preserves
The National Park Service finalized a regulation that abdicates the agency's responsibility to manage wildlife in Alaska's national preserves, deferring instead to state regulations. Defenders of Wildlife condemns the rule, which mirrors a 2020 regulation promulgated by the first Trump administration that was later withdrawn and replaced in 2024.
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BLM Prepares Illegal Move to Open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge to Oil & Gas, a Dangerous Precedent for Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife is calling on BLM to withdrawal an unprecedented proposal to open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in Utah to new oil and gas leasing.
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A Much-Needed Win for Wildlife: Senate Introduces Bill to Improve Endangered Species Act Implementation
Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Pete Rickets (R-NE) today introduced the Improving Species Recovery Act, an important bipartisan bill that would improve implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
Press Releases
Murkowski Meddling Again: Alaska senator still pushing for costly, destructive road
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202.772.0253 Murkowski Meddling Again: Alaska senator still pushing for costly, destructive road WASHINGTON— Today Senator
Public meetings on North Cascades grizzly bears announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 13, 2015 Contact: Chase Gunnell, Conservation Northwest: 206.465.8591 | chase@conservationnw.org Kati Schmidt, National Parks Conservation Association: 415.847.1768 | kschmidt@npca.org Melanie
2014 Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers are Up, but Recovery is Still a Long Way Off
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, 609.709.3717, csexton@defenders.org 2014 Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers are Up, but Recovery is Still a Long Way
New Bill Would Take Bison Management Away From Biologists and Hand it to Politicians
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 12, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 New Bill Would Take Bison Management Away From Biologists and Hand it
Congress Pushes Plans to Remove Federal Protections for Wyoming and Great Lakes Wolves
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 12, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Congress Pushes Plans to Remove Federal Protections for Wyoming and Great Lakes
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