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First-of-Its-Kind Study Inventories New Mexican Beaver Dams
As part of Defenders of Wildlife’s beaver conservation initiative, a new survey, which has never been conducted in New Mexico, reveals an uneven distribution of beaver dams — and the subsequential ecological benefits — throughout the state. Commissioned by Defenders, the survey is a critical tool for the future of strategic beaver and water conservation New Mexico.
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Defenders Condemns Attack on Alaska’s Western Arctic
The Department of the Interior today proposed repealing the Special Areas protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, triggering a 60-day comment period which begins tomorrow
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Defenders Responds to Trump Extinction Budget
Robert Dewey, Defenders of Wildlife Vice President of Government Relations, today released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's updated budget request:
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National Academy of Sciences Confirms Red Wolves Are a Valid Species
A new report concludes that the endangered Red Wolf is a taxonomically valid species and a species that must be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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Study Confirms Taxonomic Validity of the Mexican Gray Wolf
A new report confirmed the Mexican gray wolf as a valid taxonomic subspecies of gray wolf.
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Holds Hearing on the Nomination of an Ex-Oil and Gas Lobbyist for Interior Secretary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing today on the nomination of current Acting Secretary David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior.
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U.S. Forest Service Moves Forward with Massive Timber Sale
The project entails widespread old-growth clearcutting on the largest island in our nation’s largest forest.
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Sage-Grouse Protections Across the West
Revisions to the Obama-era plans will lessen protections for the sage-grouse on tens of millions of acres across the West.
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