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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.
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House Vote Scheduled on Ending Gray Wolf Protections, Undermining the Endangered Species Act
The House of Representatives is expected this Thursday to vote on ending gray wolf protections, prematurely delisting gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act before
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Court Protects World’s Only Wild Red Wolves from Deadly Mistaken Identity
(RALEIGH, N.C.)— A federal court late yesterday issued a preliminary injunction against the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission’s authorization of coyote hunting—including by spotlight at
“Wandering Wolf” OR-7 May have Found a Gal…
For Immediate Release Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202-772-0253, csexton@defenders.org “Wandering Wolf” OR-7 May have Found a Gal… Remote cameras indicate famous Pacific wolf may have found
Third National Climate Assessment Released
Report focuses on the domestic impacts of climate change The third National Climate Assessment (NCA) was released yesterday, and reports that climate change is taking
House Natural Resource Committee Passes Four Bills Undermining Endangered Species Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade, Defenders of Wildlife: mgade@defenders.org; 202-772-0288 House Natural Resource Committee Passes Four Bills Undermining Endangered Species Protections
California Wavering on Protection for Gray Wolves Under State Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife: csexton@defenders.org; 202-772-0253 California Wavering on Protection for Gray Wolves Under State Law VENTURA
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