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President Trump Rescinds Long Standing Executive Orders Designed to Conserve Wildlife and Federal Lands from Unmanaged Motorized Recreation
President Trump last Friday issued an Executive Order rescinding EOs 11644 and 11989 which guide the management of ATVs, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, jet skis and other off-road motorized vehicles on federal lands. President Trump also ordered federal agencies to rescind or revise regulations that implement the prior EOs.
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House Interior Bill Attacks Crucial Protections for Imperiled Wildlife and Public Lands
Defenders of Wildlife today slammed the House Appropriations Committee’s proposed Interior and Environment spending bill for Fiscal Year 2027, which includes numerous damaging policy riders intended to weaken the Endangered Species Act and undermine protections for individual species.
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Defenders Backs Colorado, Calls on Federal Government to Push Onward with Gray Wolf Reintroduction
Defenders of Wildlife sent a comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today in response to a public request for information, urging continued
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Bureau of Land Management Solar Plan Guides Energy Development to Lower Conflict Areas, Challenges Remain
Washington, DC. (October 12, 2013) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today released the government’s final policy directing solar energy development on public lands. The Record
California wolves one step closer to endangered
State wildlife commission moves forward with listing petition SACRAMENTO, Calif. (October 3, 2012) – The California Fish and Game Commission voted in favor today of
Conservation groups challenge kill-at-will policy for Wyoming wolves
Federal delisting undermines successful recovery of iconic endangered species Bozeman, Mont. - Conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, today served notice that they will file a
Feds strip protection for Wyoming wolves, approve widespread wolf-killing
WASHINGTON (August 31, 2012) – Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it is publishing its final delisting rule to strip federal protections
Lawsuit Filed to Restore Protections to Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
TUCSON, Ariz.—The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency’s denial
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