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Washington, DC

BLM Proposal Puts Wildlife and Public Lands at Risk, Sends Taxpayers the Bill

Defenders of Wildlife and coalition partners oppose BLM's proposed Oil & Gas Rule that will harm wildlife, weaken bonding requirements and limit public input.
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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.

Press Releases

New National Poll Finds 90 Percent of American Voters Support the Endangered Species Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2015 Defenders of Wildlife: Melanie Gade – (202) 772-0288; mgade@defenders.org Earthjustice: Liz Judge – (415) 217-2007- ljudge@earthjustice.org New National Poll

Fish and Wildlife Service Passively Monitors Red Wolves’ Continued Decline

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Fish and Wildlife Service Passively Monitors Red Wolves’ Continued Decline Chapel Hill, N.C

Bill is death sentence for Mexican gray wolves

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Bill is death sentence for Mexican gray wolves Congressmen Pearce and Gosar introduce legislation

House Drought Bill Disastrous for Environment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org; 202-772-0253 House Drought Bill Disastrous for Environment Latest draft of drought legislation sacrifices fish and

Conservation Groups Condemn Killing of Red Wolf Mother

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley Mckey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org Chapel Hill, NC—(June 23, 2015) —Following the federally authorized gunshot death of a mother Red Wolf —a
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