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Bill Targeting Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge Undermines Public Land Management
The House Natural Resources Committee is set to take up a bill on Wednesday targeting the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, the oldest refuge in Texas
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House to Take Up Bills Torching Wildlife Protections
A draft discussion bill headed for a hearing with the House Natural Resources Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee on Tuesday is poised to tear apart
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Colorado Confirms Three New Wolf Packs, Pups’ Arrival
Colorado Parks and Wildlife today confirmed three new wolf packs have formed since the translocation of 15 gray wolves from British Columbia in January, each
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Defenders Responds to Fish and Wildlife Announcement on Bitterroot Grizzly Restoration
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a notice of intent to complete a new environmental impact statement for the reintroduction of the grizzly
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Defenders Demands Biden Administration Action Following Mortally Wounded Right Whale Calf Announcement
A North Atlantic right whale calf with significant head and face wounds has become the 35th “serious injury” case in a years-long series of injuries
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Defenders Releases Endangered Species Act Report, Recommendations for Next 50 Years
Defenders of Wildlife’s Center for Conservation Innovation today released a new report “The Endangered Species Act: The Next 50 Years and Beyond.” The report analyzes
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Defenders of Wildlife and More Than 100 Conservation Groups Ask Biden, Congress to Oppose ESA-Riders in Interior Appropriations
Defenders of Wildlife joined more than 100 other conservation groups urging President Biden and Democratic Congressional leadership to oppose poison-pill riders, that undermine the Endangered
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Defenders Responds to Ranchers’ Request to Dismiss
The Gunnison County Stockgrowers’ Association, Inc. and Colorado Cattlemen’s Association suit to block the reintroduction of gray wolves to the state was dismissed today at
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