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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
Oregon Officials Consider Reducing Protection for Wolves
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2015 Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; (208) 861-4655 Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0288 Oregon Officials Consider Reducing Protection for Wolves BEND
Defenders of Wildlife Calls for New Shark Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Defenders of Wildlife Calls for New Shark Protections WASHINGTON–Defenders of Wildlife has petitioned
Feds Proceed with Dam Construction on Yellowstone River, Putting Last Wild Population of Ancient “Dinosaur” Fish at Risk
The Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced they will build a concrete dam across the lower Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana. The dam will cause irreparable harm to the nation’s largest wild population of endangered pallid sturgeon, an ancient fish species with ancestors dating back to the time of dinosaurs, living in the upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers as well as several other fish species using the lower Yellowstone
Forest Service Moves to Permit Bulldozing for Dirty Coal in Colorado Roadless Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2015 Contacts Ted Zukoski, Earthjustice, 303-996-9622 Nathaniel Shoaff, Sierra Club, 415-977-5610 Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663 Taylor McKinnon, Center for
Fish and Wildlife Service Gives Free Pass on Failed Conservation Deadline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202.772.0253, csexton@defenders.org Fish and Wildlife Service Gives Free Pass on Failed Conservation Deadline Western Association of
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