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Scientists Join Religious Community in Calling for a Strong Endangered Species Act
Defenders of Wildlife today shared a letter from over 600 scientists around the country urging Congress to uphold the Endangered Species Act. The letter delivers a clear message that policy decisions must be based on science when addressing imperiled wildlife.
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Senate Votes to Prioritize Oil Over Arctic Conservation
The United States Senate today approved resolutions under the Congressional Review Act to overturn previous Biden administration protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, clearing the way for expanded oil and gas drilling.
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Trump Proposal Puts America’s Most Vulnerable and Valuable Coastal Resources in the Crosshairs
Protected areas across United States coasts are in the sights of a new oil and gas drilling proposal released on Thursday by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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Nation’s Wildlife Faces Unprecedented Challenges, Extinction
Former president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife Jamie Rappaport Clark will testify on the state of wildlife in front of the House Natural Resources
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House Introduces the SAVE Right Whales Act
The legislation would support the recovery of the critically imperiled North Atlantic right whale.
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Fish and Wildlife Service Moves to Delist Wolves
Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will soon propose a rule to delist the gray wolf in the Lower 48 states and return management to the states.
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Interactive Story Map Details Border Wall Impacts to Lower Rio Grande Valley
Defenders launched a new interactive story map which details how border wall construction would impact the people, places and wildlife of the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
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State of Utah Petitions Feds to Eliminate Roadless Protections, Paving the Way for More Development on Pristine National Forest Lands
The State of Utah formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture late yesterday to eliminate and reduce protections for pristine areas within Utah’s national forests
jcovey@defenders.org
