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Defenders of Wildlife Challenges Interior’s Secretive Refuge and Wilderness Sellout on Alaskan Peninsula
Defenders of Wildlife today filed suit in federal district court to challenge Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s unlawful land exchange in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and
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Senate Vote Threatens Protections for Alaska’s Western Arctic
The Senate today approved a resolution utilizing the Congressional Review Act to rollback Biden-era protections for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. This misuse of the CRA
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Fisheries Commission Adopts Short-Term Protections for Delaware Bay Ecosystem
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission today set a two-year pause on the bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, declining to adopt
Press Releases
Litigation Reins In Misguided Army Corps Program to Cut Trees from Levees
For Immediate Release September 11, 2014 Contact: Bob Wright, Friends of the River, (916) 442-3155 x207 Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 499-9185 Kim
Coalition to Sue Fish and Wildlife Service for Failure to Produce Mandatory Recovery Plan for Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2014 Contact: Virginia Busch, Endangered Wolf Center; vbusch@endangeredwolfcenter.org Maggie Howell, Wolf Conservation Center; Maggie@nywolf.org, (914) 763-2373 David R. Parsons; ellobodave@comcast.net
Remembering the Wild: America celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Remembering the Wild: America celebrates the 50 th anniversary of the Wilderness Act WASHINGTON
America’s Most Infamous Extinction: Centennial Anniversary of Passenger Pigeon’s Disappearance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 America’s Most Infamous Extinction: Centennial Anniversary of Passenger Pigeon’s Disappearance WASHINGTON – One
Washington Wildlife Agency Urged to Revoke Kill Order for Huckleberry Pack
For Immediate Release, August 22, 2014 Contacts: Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, (707) 779-9613 Mike Petersen, The Lands Council, (509) 209-2406 Suzanne Stone, Defenders
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