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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
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Sells Out Wildlife Along with American Lands and Waters
Defenders of Wildlife strongly condemns the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for selling out wildlife in its text for the upcoming budget reconciliation bill.
Press Releases
Bishop Bill Takes Aim at Antiquities Act
WASHINGTON – Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT 1) today submitted for markup H.R. 3990, a bill that threatens to dismantle the Antiquities Act, the 1906 law
ARCTIC REFUGE DRILLING ADVANCES IN CONGRESSIONAL BUDGETS
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives approved a Fiscal Year 2018 budget bill that advances drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Senate
Recovery Plan for California’s Giant Garter Snake Released
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 5, 2017) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its long overdue final recovery plan for the giant garter snake
Interior Throws a One-Two Punch at Greater Sage-Grouse and the West
DOI Drops Mining Withdrawal on 10 Million Acres of Sage-Grouse Habitat; Opens Sage-Grouse Plans for Revision WASHINGTON (Oct. 5, 2017) – Acting on direction from
Orca Salmon Alliance Calls on Governor Inslee to Form Emergency Task Force
Today, the Orca Salmon Alliance , a coalition of 16 conservation groups, called on Governor Jay Inslee to form an emergency task force to prevent
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