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Mule Deer
WASHINGTON, D.C.

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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Charles J. Sharp
WASHINGTON, D.C.

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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Running brown bear, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

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.

Press Releases

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Imperiled Status of Lesser Prairie Chicken

Defenders of Wildlife Calls for an Endangered Listing for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Witherspoon, 202.772.0269, jwitherspoon@defenders.org WASHINGTON (July 19, 2016) –

Terrible Interior Budget Bill Filled with Extinction Riders Advances in House

Contact: Haley McKey hmckey@defenders.org 202-772-0247 Terrible Interior Budget Bill Filled with Extinction Riders Advances in House WASHINGTON (July 13, 2016) ­– Today, the U.S. House

North Carolina State Legislative Committee Calls for Killing Red Wolf Recovery Program

Fewer than 50 Red Wolves remain in the wild Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org RALEIGH, N.C. (Thursday, June 23, 2016)– The House Natural Resources Committee

House Committee on Appropriations Doubles Down with More Attacks on #ESA, #Wildlife

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 15, 2016)­– The House Appropriations Committee has marked up the FY 2017 bill to fund

Senate Subcommittee Appropriations Bill full of Anti-Wildlife Poison Pill Riders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247 Email: hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 14, 2016) – Today, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
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