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Defenders Slams Trump Interior Pick Burgum
Trump made known that he intends to nominate North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior, giving authority of the nation’s public lands, wildlife and natural resources to a leading advocate of oil and gas drilling.
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Defenders Opposes Proposed Illegal Land Exchange in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Conservation groups are outraged today by a Department of the Interior’s proposal released today to trade away congressionally-designated wilderness lands within the Izembek National Wildlife
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Florida Passes Ill-Conceived Amendment 2, Wildlife Conflict Could Ensue
Florida voters yesterday affirmed Amendment 2 to the state’s constitution, a wholly unnecessary amendment disguised as an effort to preserve the right to fishing and
Press Releases
California Shows Support for National Monuments: Legislation Passed, Rally Held
SACRAMENTO (June 8, 2017) – In response to the Trump administration’s executive order to review 27 national monuments across the country, California legislators today passed
U.S. Forest Service Approves Mine on Public Lands, Threatens Recovery of Jaguars
TUCSON (June 7, 2017) – The U.S. Forest Service approved today Hudbay Minerals Inc.’s Rosemont Mine, a 5,431-acre, 3,000-foot-deep open-pit copper mine in critical jaguar
Advisory: Monuments for All Rally
The Antiquities Act of 1906, the federal law that empowers the president to designate national monuments through public proclamation, turns 111 years old on June
Got Grizzlies? Defenders of Wildlife Helps Build Bear Barriers in Your Backyard
Defenders of Wildlife’s 7th annual Electric Fence Incentive Program is underway. People in specified counties in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and eastern Washington can apply for
U.S. abandons Paris Climate Agreement
WASHINGTON (JUNE 1, 2017) – President Trump announced today his intent to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, the 2015 milestone accord under which 196
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