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Administration Continues Assault on National Forests, Moves to Gut Rule Managing Off-Road Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced its intention to revise the Travel Management Rule governing motorized vehicle use on almost 200 million acres of federal lands.
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Trump Administration Advances Roadless Rule Repeal at the Expense of Wildlife, Clean Water and Public Will
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement seeking to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a bedrock law that protects 45 million acres of national forests managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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Judge Vacates Land Exchange, Halts Road Through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
A federal judge today vacated an illegal closed-door deal between the U.S. Department of the Interior and a for-profit Alaska Native corporation, King Cove Corp., that exchanged a 10.5-mile corridor of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness lands to enable a road connecting King Cove and Cold Bay.
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Senate Environment Committee Holds Hearing on ‘Modernizing’ the Endangered Species Act
Washington (Feb. 15, 2017) – The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held an oversight hearing today on the need for so-called “modernization”
INVITE: “Wolf Conservation in Colorado: Past, Present, and Future” Symposium, Featuring Live Wolves, Film Screening and Panel Discussion
EMBARGOED UNTIL 6:00 PM MT ON FEB. 15, 2017 Contact: Ryan Wilbur; (720) 943-0471; rwilbur@defenders.org Leigh Anne Tiffany; (202) 772-0259; ltiffany@defenders.org Delia Malone; Sierra Club
Pioneering Study Reveals Nonlethal Wolf Deterrents Effectively Protect Livestock Across Large Grazing Areas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leigh Anne Tiffany; (202) 772-0259; ltiffany@defenders.org Suzanne Stone; (208) 861-4655; sstone@defenders.org After seven years of field research, Idaho's Wood River Wolf
Conservation Groups Intervene to Protect Carnivores on Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 8, 2017 Contact: Leigh Anne Tiffany; (202) 772-0259; ltiffany@defenders.org Anchorage, AK (Feb. 8, 2017) – Defenders of Wildlife and 14 other
Congressional Review Act Claims Latest Victim
WASHINGTON (Feb. 7, 2017) —The House of Representatives invoked the Congressional Review Act again today to rescind a new planning process for the Bureau of
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