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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
Officials persist in killing wolves in Idaho’s Clearwater National Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 8, 2016 Contacts: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org; 202-772-0288 Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; 208-861-4655 Officials persist in killing wolves in Idaho’s Clearwater National
Feds’ new rule will destroy needed habitat for imperiled species
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 5, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org. (202) 772-0288 Feds’ new rule will destroy needed habitat for imperiled species WASHINGTON –
Defenders hails newly proposed national wildlife refuge in the Northeast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2016 Contact: Catalina Tresky; ctresky@defenders.org , (202) 772-0253 Defenders hails newly proposed national wildlife refuge in the Northeast U.S. Fish
Poison Pill Amendments Added to Senate Sportsmen’s Bill
Amendments impact gray wolves, United States waterways and protection of predators on national wildlife refuges in Alaska FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org
2015 Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Climate change already having devastating effects on wildlife around the world FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org Washington (January 20, 2016)– The National
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