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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
RIDER IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THREATENS CA BAY DELTA, ENDANGERED WILDLIFE, WATER QUALITY AND FISHING JOBS
WASHINGTON (December 10, 2016) – The United States Senate passed the Water Infrastructure Improvement for the Nation Act (S. 612), which includes a disastrous rider
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE OPPOSES THE NOMINATION OF CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS AS INTERIOR SECRETARY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2016 MEDIA CONTACTS: Jennifer Witherspoon: Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0269, cell: (415) 298-0582 jwitherspoon@defenders.org WASHINGTON (December 9, 2016) – Today
Record of Decision Falls Short on Old-Growth Logging in Tongass National Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Catalina Tresky: (202) 772-0253 or ctresky@defenders.org Record of Decision Falls Short on Old-Growth Logging in Tongass National Forest ANCHORAGE, Alaska
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE CONDEMNS EPA NOMINATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2016 MEDIA CONTACTS: Jennifer Witherspoon: Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0269, jwitherspoon@defenders.org DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE CONDEMNS EPA NOMINATION WASHINGTON (December 7
National Wildlife Corridor Legislation Introduced in House
Contact: Susan Holmes, Wildlands Network, susan@wildlandsnetwork.org, 202-329-1553 cell Leda Huta, Endangered Species Coalition - lhuta@endangered.org, 202-320-6467 Jennifer Witherspoon, Defenders of Wildlife, jwitherspoon@defenders.org, 202-772-0369 National Wildlife
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