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NPS Land Swaps and Visitor Plan Open the Door to Devastating Impacts at Cumberland Island
In advance of a public hearing on proposed land exchanges on Cumberland Island National Seashore, Defenders of Wildlife called on the National Park Service to remedy a host of management issues facing one of the largest undeveloped barrier islands on the East Coast.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Memo Underscores Trump Administration’s All-Fronts War on Wildlife
Brian Nesvik, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, issued a memorandum explaining to FWS staff that the Endangered Species Act’s prohibition on unauthorized “take” applies only to affirmative acts intentionally and purposefully directed at a particular animal. This follows the Trump administration’s rescission of the regulatory definitions of “harm” under the ESA, which took effect this week.
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Court Rules Habitat Must Be Protected After FWS Attempts to Waive Protections for Less Than 40 Sierra Nevada Red Fox
Defenders of Wildlife earned a significant victory for the Endangered Species Act today when a federal district court found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to not designate critical habitat for the endangered Sierra Nevada red fox was a violation of the law.
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Defenders Raises Alarm on Bill to Prevent Expansion of Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge
Defenders is raising the alarm on H.R. 839, Rep. Jodey Arrington’s (R-TX) bill “to prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.”
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Washington State Releases 2024 Wolf Population Estimates
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife today released the 2024 population estimates for gray wolves, reporting a 9% decrease in the minimum count of
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Trump Administration Places Thumb on Scale of Timber Industry Profit – Routs Environmental and Conservation Laws in the Process
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has issued a secretarial memo that throws out environmental policies and safeguards in favor of timber industry profits.
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Defenders, Conservationists Celebrate Female Mexican Gray Wolf Movement
Female Mexican gray wolf 2996 has peacefully wandered north of Interstate 40 in New Mexico toward Mount Taylor, an area of pristine habitat teeming with
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Conservation Groups sue U.S. Forest Service over controversial Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan
On Thursday, a coalition of conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service over its Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan, arguing the agency violated federal law by downplaying
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