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Oregon Governor Signs Historic Bill Investing in the Environment
Defenders of Wildlife is celebrating a monumental victory for wildlife, wild places and local economies in Oregon. Passed with bipartisan support and signed yesterday by
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Congress Urged to Fully Fund U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Restore Workforce
The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and more than 150 conservation groups today urged Congress to significantly increase the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s budget for endangered species conservation from $299 million to $870 million.
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¡Que vivan los lobos!
Conservationists are celebrating the historic translocation of two families of Mexican gray wolves in Durango, Mexico, almost 50 years after the last wolves were removed
Press Releases
Congressional Negotiators Dump Anti-Wildlife Riders
Lawmakers stripped almost all of the anti-wildlife riders attached to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) from the final conference report. These included ones harming
Trump Administration Stakes Out Unlawful “Road to Ruin” through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Despite pending litigation, the Trump administration secretly ordered ground-disturbing survey work to facilitate an illegal land trade and construction of a destructive road through wilderness
Sweeping Rewrite of Endangered Species Act Regulations Endangers Species
Proposed changes to key regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act – our nation’s most important endangered wildlife and habitat conservation law – will weaken federal
House Interior Appropriations Bill Loaded with Anti-Wildlife Riders
The House of Representatives passed a n Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2019 ( H.R. 6147 ) today that includes several extremely damaging
House Spending Bill Allots $5 Billion for Border Wall Construction and Security
Today the Department of Homeland Security House Appropriations Subcommittee passed a spending bill for fiscal year 2019 that includes $5 billion for physical border barriers
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