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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

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)

Conservation Groups Sue EPA over BayDelta Water Quality and Salmon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Kimiko Martinez, Natural Resources Defense Council, 310-500-9505 or kmartinez@nrdc.org Gary Bobker, The Bay Institute, 415-272-6616 or bobker@bay.org Catalina Tresky, Defenders

Bill Banning Trade in Imperiled Wildlife in Colorado Passes State’s House

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org DENVER (Friday, April 22, 2016)– The Colorado House has passed an anti-wildlife trafficking bill that bans trade

Salmon, Steelhead, Orca in Jeopardy of Extinction by Oregon Floodplain Development

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, Defenders of Wildlife: (202)772-0288, mgade@defenders.org Date: April 14, 2016 Salmon, Steelhead, Orca in Jeopardy of Extinction by Oregon Floodplain
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