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President Trump Rescinds Long Standing Executive Orders Designed to Conserve Wildlife and Federal Lands from Unmanaged Motorized Recreation
President Trump last Friday issued an Executive Order rescinding EOs 11644 and 11989 which guide the management of ATVs, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, jet skis and other off-road motorized vehicles on federal lands. President Trump also ordered federal agencies to rescind or revise regulations that implement the prior EOs.
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House Interior Bill Attacks Crucial Protections for Imperiled Wildlife and Public Lands
Defenders of Wildlife today slammed the House Appropriations Committee’s proposed Interior and Environment spending bill for Fiscal Year 2027, which includes numerous damaging policy riders intended to weaken the Endangered Species Act and undermine protections for individual species.
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Defenders Backs Colorado, Calls on Federal Government to Push Onward with Gray Wolf Reintroduction
Defenders of Wildlife sent a comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today in response to a public request for information, urging continued
Press Releases
57 Groups, Municipalities Urge Ban on Rat Poisons in California Cities
For Immediate Release, April 5, 2016 Contact: Jonathan Evans, Center for Biological Diversity, (213) 598-1466 Lisa Owens-Viani, Raptors Are The Solution, (510) 292-5095 Courtney Fern
Court Agrees: Wolverines Need Federal Protection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 4, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Court Agrees: Wolverines Need Federal Protection MISSOULA, Mont. – In response to
Defenders of Wildlife announces new Southwest director, Bryan Bird
Defenders of Wildlife announces new Southwest director, Bryan Bird Contact: Catalina Tresky, (202) 772-0253, ctresky@defenders.org Washington, DC (April 4, 2016) – Defenders of Wildlife is
Defenders of Wildlife’s Statement on Lethal Removal of Four Oregon Wolf Pack Members
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Date: March 31, 2016 Defenders of Wildlife’s Statement on Lethal Removal of Four Oregon Wolf Pack
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2016 CONTACTS Tom Waldo | Earthjustice | twaldo@earthjustice.org | (907) 500‐7123 Niel Lawrence | Natural Resources Defense Council | nlawrence@nrdc.org
jcovey@defenders.org
