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Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Oppose Trump Administration Effort to Roll Back Protections for Imperiled Animals and Plant Species
Nearly 400,000 Americans submitted comments in opposition to a set of proposed rules from the Trump administration that would roll back protections for imperiled animal and plant species.
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Defenders of Wildlife Submits Technical Comments and Over 8,400 Public Comments in Efforts to Stop Harmful ESA Proposals
Defenders of Wildlife today submitted its technical comments opposing the Trump administration’s proposals to weaken the Endangered Species Act’s implementing regulations.
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Defenders Slams SPEED Act as it Speeds Toward Habitat Destruction
Defenders of Wildlife condemns Rep. Bruce Westerman’s (R-AR) SPEED ACT, H.R. 4776 the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act, ahead of Thursday’s expected floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Press Releases
Secretary Zinke Orders Review of Greater Sage-Grouse Plans
WASHINGTON (June 8, 2017) – Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke issued Secretarial Order 3353 today establishing a federal panel to review both federal and
California Shows Support for National Monuments: Legislation Passed, Rally Held
SACRAMENTO (June 8, 2017) – In response to the Trump administration’s executive order to review 27 national monuments across the country, California legislators today passed
U.S. Forest Service Approves Mine on Public Lands, Threatens Recovery of Jaguars
TUCSON (June 7, 2017) – The U.S. Forest Service approved today Hudbay Minerals Inc.’s Rosemont Mine, a 5,431-acre, 3,000-foot-deep open-pit copper mine in critical jaguar
Advisory: Monuments for All Rally
The Antiquities Act of 1906, the federal law that empowers the president to designate national monuments through public proclamation, turns 111 years old on June
Got Grizzlies? Defenders of Wildlife Helps Build Bear Barriers in Your Backyard
Defenders of Wildlife’s 7th annual Electric Fence Incentive Program is underway. People in specified counties in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and eastern Washington can apply for
jcovey@defenders.org
