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Defenders of Wildlife Submits Technical Comments and Over 8,400 Public Comments in Efforts to Stop Harmful ESA Proposals
Defenders of Wildlife today submitted its technical comments opposing the Trump administration’s proposals to weaken the Endangered Species Act’s implementing regulations.
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Defenders Slams SPEED Act as it Speeds Toward Habitat Destruction
Defenders of Wildlife condemns Rep. Bruce Westerman’s (R-AR) SPEED ACT, H.R. 4776 the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act, ahead of Thursday’s expected floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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ESA Amendments Act Poses a Historic Threat to America’s Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife remains on high alert as it braces for the House Natural Resources Committee’s full markup of Rep. Bruce Westerman’s (R-AR) Endangered Species Amendments Act of 2025. More aptly labeled the Extinction Act, the bill seeks to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act, stripping away decades of crucial protections for America’s wildlife and their habitats.
Press Releases
Fish and Wildlife Service’s new proposed management rule to hamper recovery for Mexican gray wolves
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Fish and Wildlife Service’s new proposed management rule to hamper recovery for Mexican gray
Moran amendment to remove ban on sage-grouse listing under the Endangered Species Act fails
Rep. Moran sought to prevent anti-conservation rider to appropriations bill from becoming law Today Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) offered an amendment to strike a provision
Rep. Matt Cartwright Introduces SAFE Act in House of Representatives
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2014 Contact: Haley McKey, hmckey@defenders.org, 202-772-0247 Rep. Matt Cartwright Introduces SAFE Act in House of Representatives Bill would provide a
Defenders Report: Trouble for Sage-grouse in Wyoming
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Defenders Report: Trouble for Sage-grouse in Wyoming Wyoming sage-grouse strategy inadequate to protect the
House appropriations bill would cripple national conservation programs, sentence key species to extinction
Washington(July 9, 2014) –– Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies passed the 2015 appropriations bill for the
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