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New Assault on Public Lands Betrays Will of American People
Defenders of Wildlife slammed Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) most recent attempt to sell off our nation’s public lands through a provision in the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill for what it is – a brazen betrayal of the will of the American people.
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Defenders Celebrates Land Acquisition Deal Protecting Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Threat of Mining
Defenders of Wildlife celebrates The Conservation Fund’s acquisition of the properties owned by Twin Pines Minerals, LLC, a company seeking to mine adjacent to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, the largest refuge east of the Mississippi River.
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Communities Push Back on Opening Waters for Oil Drilling
Defenders of Wildlife filed comments this week opposing new offshore oil drilling. More than 44 thousand public comments were submitted to the first comment period
Press Releases
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National Academy of Sciences Confirms Red Wolves Are a Valid Species
A new report concludes that the endangered Red Wolf is a taxonomically valid species and a species that must be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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Study Confirms Taxonomic Validity of the Mexican Gray Wolf
A new report confirmed the Mexican gray wolf as a valid taxonomic subspecies of gray wolf.
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Holds Hearing on the Nomination of an Ex-Oil and Gas Lobbyist for Interior Secretary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing today on the nomination of current Acting Secretary David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior.
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U.S. Forest Service Moves Forward with Massive Timber Sale
The project entails widespread old-growth clearcutting on the largest island in our nation’s largest forest.
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Sage-Grouse Protections Across the West
Revisions to the Obama-era plans will lessen protections for the sage-grouse on tens of millions of acres across the West.
jcovey@defenders.org
