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Defenders Joins Recreation, Conservation Groups to Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback
The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a process to significantly revise its Travel Management Rule, which guides where motorized vehicles are and are not allowed on almost 200 million acres of national forests and grasslands
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BLM Proposal Puts Wildlife and Public Lands at Risk, Sends Taxpayers the Bill
Defenders of Wildlife and coalition partners oppose BLM's proposed Oil & Gas Rule that will harm wildlife, weaken bonding requirements and limit public input.
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Administration Continues Assault on National Forests, Moves to Gut Rule Managing Off-Road Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced its intention to revise the Travel Management Rule governing motorized vehicle use on almost 200 million acres of federal lands.
Press Releases
Death of Third Southern Resident Orca
Southern resident orca J-pod lost another member today, four-year-old female J50, despite emergency human intervention with medical treatment and attempted hand feeding. J50’s failing health
Report: Endangered Species Act Recovery Plans Missing, Delayed and Old
Today, Defenders of Wildlife’s Center for Conservation Innovation has published a paper in the journal Conservation Letters on the Endangered Species Act (ESA), entitled “Missing
Orca Salmon Alliance delivers 43,000+ public comments to Governor Inslee and Orca Task Force
Leaders of the Orca Salmon Alliance delivered more than 43,000 citizen comments to Governor Jay Inslee and the co-chairs of the Emergency Southern Resident Task
Trump Administration Opens National Wildlife Refuges to Pollinator Poisons and Harmful GMOs
The Trump administration has reversed an Obama administration ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and genetically engineered crops on national wildlife refuges where farming
PRESS ADVISORY: Orca Recovery Task Force Meeting in Wenatchee
TITLE: SOUND THE ALARM FOR ORCAS WHAT: Orca Salmon Alliance to deliver 43,000 signatures of support for orca recovery WHERE: Confluence Technology Center, 85 technology
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