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Defenders Strongly Condemns House Budget Reconciliation Bill as Disastrous for Wildlife, Imperiled Species
Defenders of Wildlife today strongly condemns the budget reconciliation bill passed by the House as disastrous for American wildlife and imperiled species.
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Bison Receive Dual Listing, Bolstering Protections
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill today designating bison in Colorado as wildlife in addition to livestock, opening the species up to management by Colorado
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House Subcommittee Considers Bills to Reverse Course on Offshore Protections
The House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources is taking up legislation today that would prioritize oil and gas production over
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Defenders Statement on Biden Administration’s Final Endangered Species Act Regulations
The Biden administration today released final Endangered Species Act regulations that restore several core components of the bedrock conservation law that the previous administration sought to undercut. Defenders of Wildlife, which pursued legal challenges to the 2019 regulations, expressed both appreciation and concern with the newly released regulations.
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Shade Your Stream Program Plants New Life Along North Carolina Creek
The banks of Cane Creek came alive Friday with hard work — much of it by small, determined hands. Students of the FernLeaf Community School
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Defenders Secures Win for Polar Bears in Alaska's North Slope
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finding that oil and gas activities in Alaska pose
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National Park Service Identifies ‘Preferred Alternative’ to Restore Grizzly Bears to the North Cascades
The Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear coalition celebrates today as federal agencies announced their preference to bring grizzly bears back to the North
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Conservation Groups Continue Bid to Lift Stay in Right Whale Vessel Speed Rule Case
Conservation groups returned to federal district court Friday to further efforts to obtain a deadline for Biden administration action on a 2022 proposed expanded vessel
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