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Trump Administration Opens Door to Bear Baiting, Den Hunting in Alaska Preserves
The National Park Service finalized a regulation that abdicates the agency's responsibility to manage wildlife in Alaska's national preserves, deferring instead to state regulations. Defenders of Wildlife condemns the rule, which mirrors a 2020 regulation promulgated by the first Trump administration that was later withdrawn and replaced in 2024.
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BLM Prepares Illegal Move to Open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge to Oil & Gas, a Dangerous Precedent for Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife is calling on BLM to withdrawal an unprecedented proposal to open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in Utah to new oil and gas leasing.
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A Much-Needed Win for Wildlife: Senate Introduces Bill to Improve Endangered Species Act Implementation
Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Pete Rickets (R-NE) today introduced the Improving Species Recovery Act, an important bipartisan bill that would improve implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
Press Releases
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Fatally Flawed Mexican Wolf Plan
A coalition of wolf advocates today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s deeply flawed recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf, one of North
Trump’s Infrastructure Scam is a Bad Deal for Wildlife and Habitat
President Trump’s leaked proposal to upgrade our nation’s infrastructure guts basic environmental protections, including safeguards for endangered species and their habitat, while increasing the costs
Hundreds of Groups Call on Congress to Protect Endangered Species from Pesticides
A broad coalition of more than 258 conservation, consumer, agricultural and other public interest groups sent a letter to Congress opposing all efforts to weaken
ADVISORY: Rally to Save Santa Ana
The Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge is celebrating its 75 th anniversary this year, all while facing the threat of border wall construction. The Trump administration’s
Trump Strikes Disastrous Land Deal for Road through Izembek Refuge
The Department of the Interior signed an agreement to trade away internationally recognized, congressionally designated wilderness wetlands in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to allow construction
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