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FWS Withdraws Land Protection Plan Threatening Endangered Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it is withdrawing the final Land Protection Plan for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, which established an
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Bird Sanctuary Protected from Planned Toxic Chemical Experiment
A federal court ruled in favor of Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club in a lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center challenging the
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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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Obama's budget includes key funding for land and water
A broad coalition of conservation and recreation organizations today applauded a budget request by President Barack Obama that significantly increases funding for outdoor recreation and strategic land investments through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the federal government’s primary program to protect America’s irreplaceable natural, historic, recreational, and other treasured landscapes.
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Conservation groups in court to save highly endangered whales
Right whales' only known calving grounds threatened by Navy project.
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Congress should end tax breaks for polluters, invest in green economy
Conservationists, public interest groups call on Congress to cut $20 billion in wasteful spending.
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Wild bumble bees teeter on brink of extinction
Conservation groups and scientists ask the USDA to protect wild bumble bees from disease.
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Shell Oil Chukchi Sea drilling plans challenged
Conservation and Alaska Native groups called for a timeout on oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean’s Chukchi Sea yesterday, filing a legal challenge against Shell
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