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2019.08.30 - Red Fox at Izembek Lagoon - Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - Alaska - Lisa Hupp USFWS.jpg
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

Defenders of Wildlife Challenges Interior’s Secretive Refuge and Wilderness Sellout on Alaskan Peninsula

Defenders of Wildlife today filed suit in federal district court to challenge Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s unlawful land exchange in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and
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Bar-tailed Godwits in marsh in NPR-A
Washington, D.C.

Senate Vote Threatens Protections for Alaska’s Western Arctic

The Senate today approved a resolution utilizing the Congressional Review Act to rollback Biden-era protections for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. This misuse of the CRA
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Horshoe crabs
Dewey Beach, DE

Fisheries Commission Adopts Short-Term Protections for Delaware Bay Ecosystem

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission today set a two-year pause on the bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, declining to adopt

Press Releases

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
Silver City, NM

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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Gray Wolf
Washington, DC

Senate Changes to Endangered Species Act Tries to Solve a Problem that Doesn’t Exist

The Senate Environment and Public Works committee, led by Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), held a hearing today on proposed changes that would drastically weaken our

House Republicans Attack Endangered Species Act (Again)

In what seems to be an annual summer tradition, House Republicans today announced yet another destructive package of anti-wildlife legislation that would severely undermine the
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