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Sec. of Defense Invokes False “National Security” Rationale to Eviscerate Endangered Species Act Protections for Wildlife in the Gulf
In a litigation filing yesterday in federal district court, the Trump administration publicly admitted for the first time that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum scheduled a snap meeting of the Endangered Species Committee (the “God Squad”) for March 31 at the request of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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Lawsuit Filed Over Trump Administration Abandonment of Sage-Grouse Protections
Montana Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, and The Wilderness Society today sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its abandonment of critical protections for
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Defenders of Wildlife Testifies on Opportunities to Collaborate on Improving the Implementation of the Endangered Species Act
Defenders of Wildlife’s vice president of conservation policy Jake Li today testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife on opportunities to improve implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Migratory Birds
The Trump administration late last week reinstated a dangerous opinion under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the president’s first term that allows extractive energy
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Oregon Releases 2024 Annual Wolf Report
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife today issued its 2024 gray wolf annual report, announcing an increase in the wolf population for a new
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Senate Introduces Damaging Senate Version of House Passed ‘Fix Our Forests Act’
Senator John Curtis (R-UT), along with Senators Tim Sheehy (R-MT), John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) today introduced a damaging Senate version of the House passed Fix Our Forests Act.
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Genetic Technology Is No Solution for Species Loss
Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum quickly embraced the news of de-extinction technology Monday, as news broke of a bioscience engineering company genetically modifying gray wolf
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Misleadingly Named ‘Pet and Livestock Protection Act’ Ignores Science, Subverts Courts
The House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday is expected to take up the misleadingly named “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” which if
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