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House Interior Bill Attacks Crucial Protections for Imperiled Wildlife and Public Lands
Defenders of Wildlife today slammed the House Appropriations Committee’s proposed Interior and Environment spending bill for Fiscal Year 2027, which includes numerous damaging policy riders intended to weaken the Endangered Species Act and undermine protections for individual species.
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Defenders Backs Colorado, Calls on Federal Government to Push Onward with Gray Wolf Reintroduction
Defenders of Wildlife sent a comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today in response to a public request for information, urging continued
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Defenders of Wildlife Announces Mike Leahy as New Vice President of Government Relations
Defenders of Wildlife is pleased to announce Mike Leahy as its new Vice President of Government Relations.
Press Releases
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Defenders' Statement on Trump Nominee for Director of Bureau of Land Management
“The administration’s nomination of Kathleen Sgamma represents a threat to the conservation of our nation’s public lands and wildlife."
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Defenders Statement on ‘Restoring Energy Dominance’ Hearing
The House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources today held a hearing taking aim at science and longstanding legal protections for U.S. coastal waters, as
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Burgum Signs Orders That Will Destroy Wildlife, Protected Places
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum yesterday issued a series of secretarial orders that are an attack on the Endangered Species Act, migratory bird protections and federal
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Historic Transfer Brings Yellowstone Bison to First Nations in Canada
A family group of Plains bison were moved across the U.S.-Canadian border this week as a gift from the Fort Peck Tribes in Montana to
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Defenders Disappointed in Newsom Order
California Gov. Gavin Newsom today issued a state of emergency executive order that directed state agencies to waive essential flood protections to divert and store
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