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BLM Prepares Illegal Move to Open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge to Oil & Gas, a Dangerous Precedent for Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife is calling on BLM to withdrawal an unprecedented proposal to open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in Utah to new oil and gas leasing.
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A Much-Needed Win for Wildlife: Senate Introduces Bill to Improve Endangered Species Act Implementation
Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Pete Rickets (R-NE) today introduced the Improving Species Recovery Act, an important bipartisan bill that would improve implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Enough is Enough: Senate Blocks Yet Another Attempt to Prioritize Drilling in the Arctic
The Senate today blocked an attempt to pass S. 5438, introduced by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK). The bill would have ratified and approved all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental take statements and any other approvals or orders issued pursuant to federal law necessary for the establishment and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program, among other purposes.
Press Releases
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)
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
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