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Colorado Releases Wolverine Reintroduction Plan, Defenders Stands Ready to Support
Colorado Parks and Wildlife today released a landmark plan to reintroduce wolverines to the state’s high country regions, some of the best remaining habitat in
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Court Urged to Uphold Ship Strike Protections for North Atlantic Right Whales
Conservation groups today filed a friend of the court brief expressing support for a federal vessel speed limit rule to protect critically endangered North Atlantic
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Fish and Wildlife Service Misguided in Rescinding Vital Strategic Growth Policy for the National Wildlife Refuge System
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service quietly rescinded its Refuge System Strategic Growth Policy in December, bypassing the legally required public comment period for such a change, despite having issued the policy with an accompanying public comment period in 2014.
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Zinke Report Threatens Further Attacks on National Monuments
Zinke Report Threatens Further Attacks on National Monuments WASHINGTON – A day after President Trump announced devastating cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national
President Trump Launches Attack on Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON – President Trump just signed two proclamations massively reducing the size of two national monuments in
Senate Votes for Arctic Refuge Drilling in Tax Reform Bill
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate passed its version of the federal tax reform reconciliation bill by a vote of 51 to 49 early this
Plan for Mexican Gray Wolves Puts the “Lobo” on Path to Extinction
Today the Trump administration released its long-overdue recovery plan for Mexican gray wolves, one of the most endangered mammal species in North America with an
Arctic Refuge Drilling Approaches Senate Floor
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate will likely vote on its version of the federal tax reform reconciliation bill this week, which includes a damaging
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