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Defenders Joins Recreation, Conservation Groups to Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback
The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a process to significantly revise its Travel Management Rule, which guides where motorized vehicles are and are not allowed on almost 200 million acres of national forests and grasslands
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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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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.
Press Releases
Nearly 500,000 More Americans Speak Out Against Federal Plan to Strip Wolves of Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2013 Contact: Leda Huta, Endangered Species Coalition, (202) 320-6467 Melanie Gade, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0288 Kierán Suckling, Center for
New Management Plan for Yellowstone Bison Could Stop Annual Slaughter and Expand Areas to Roam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2014 Contact: Steve Forrest; sforest@defenders.org ; 406 581-2663 New Management Plan for Yellowstone Bison Could Stop Annual Slaughter and Expand
Mexican gray wolves: 16 Years and Still Struggling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202.772.0253, csexton@defenders.org Mexican gray wolves: 16 Years and Still Struggling On 16 th anniversary of reintroduction, fate of lobos
Threatened Listing for Lesser Prairie Chicken Riddled with Disturbing Loopholes
Long overdue listing diminished by untested exemptions that undermine recovery Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202.772.0288, csexton@defenders.org WASHINGTON (March 27, 2014) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
“Wolf Control Board” Signed into Law: Green Lights Unsustainable Wolf Killing in Idaho
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2014 Contact: Nancy Gloman; NGloman@defenders.org; 202-281-9542 “Wolf Control Board” Signed into Law: Green Lights Unsustainable Wolf Killing in Idaho BOISE
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