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Final Rescission of Public Lands Rule Reverses Modern Land Management, Threatens Wildlife Habitat
The Bureau of Land Management today announced a decision to roll back the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, commonly referred to as the Public Lands Rule. The policy modernized how BLM manages our national public lands and represented the critical incorporation of ecological resilience into management alongside traditional resource extraction. The rule required science-based decision-making, conservation considerations within multiple land uses and a focus on sustaining public lands for the long-term benefit of wildlife and the American people.
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Trump Administration Cancels Critical Offshore Wind Projects and Increases Costs for Taxpayers
The Department of Interior this week announced that two offshore wind companies, Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind, have abandoned their developments. According to reports, the companies received some $900 million to walk away from the projects.
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Defenders’ Laura Nunes Named to Prestigious ESIIL Working Group
Defenders of Wildlife scientist Laura Nunes has been selected to join the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab’s third cohort of working groups.
Press Releases
Recycled Water to Provide a Boost for San Joaquin Valley Waterbirds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2016 Media Contact: Garrison Frost, gfrost@audubon.org, (415) 644-4604 Catalina Tresky, ctresky@defenders.org, (202) 772-0253 Jeff Volberg, jvolberg@calwaterfowl.org, (916) 217 5117 Recycled
Court sides with wild salmon and communities; Feds’ Columbia/Snake river salmon plan again found illegal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 5, 2016 Contact: Dr. Deborah Giles, Center for Whale Research: (916) 531-1516 Kimiko Martinez, Natural Resources Defense Council: (310) 434-2344
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Defense Spending Bill is Burdened Once Again with Unrelated Anti-Wildlife Riders
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee included several destructive riders for wildlife in the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), annual legislation that authorizes military funding. The NDAA legislation has nothing to do with wildlife management.
Local Citizens Monitor Elusive Wildlife, Wolverines
MULTIMEDIA RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Date: April 27, 2016 Local Citizens Monitor Elusive Wildlife, Wolverines Free for use multi-media and b-roll clips
Court Settlement Provides Hope for Mexican Gray Wolves
NEWS RELEASE: April 26, 2016 Contacts: Rebecca Bowe, Earthjustice, 415-217-2093, rbowe@earthjustice.org Steve Parker, Endangered Wolf Center, 636-938-5900, sparker@endangeredwolfcenter.org Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575)
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