Image
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.
Image
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.
Image
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
Press Releases
Court victory greets returning plovers
Judge upholds critical habitat designation for wintering shorebirds WASHINGTON (08/17/2010) - Summary: A federal judge today ruled in favor of designating critical habitat areas for
Federal protections restored for Northern Rockies’ wolves
Defenders wins lawsuit; future of wolf recovery still uncertain Summary: U.S. district court overturns Interior Secretary Salazar’s action that removed wolves in the Northern Rockies
Defenders reacts to NOAA report on Gulf oil disaster
"Dispersed" does not mean gone Summary: A NOAA report released today claims much of the oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s Macondo
Groups intervene to protect the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale
Lawsuit filed by the state of Alaska ignores science ANCHORAGE, Alaska (08/04/2010) - Seeking to uphold the federal protections necessary for the recovery of the
As CA sea otter population declines, conservation fund falters
Defenders of Wildlife calls on late tax-filers to save the Sea Otter Fund, research Summary: According to the USGS’s spring survey of California sea otters
jcovey@defenders.org
