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Conservation Groups Plan to Sue Trump Over Attempts to Eliminate Protections for Threatened Species & Favor Corporate Interests Instead of Science
Conservation groups notified the Trump administration of their plans to challenge two rulemakings weakening the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that were finalized today.
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In a Gift to Industry, The Trump Administration Eliminates Protections for Threatened Species and Essential Habitat
In a devastating blow to wildlife, the Trump administration today finalized rollbacks of two regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act that will hamstring the protection and recovery of endangered and threatened species.
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More Red Wolf Pups Shows Promising Growth for Critically Endangered Canid
The Red Wolf Recovery Program in North Carolina confirmed the birth of four wild litters of Red Wolf pups in eastern North Carolina, home to the only population of wild Red Wolves in the world.
Press Releases
Zinke Proposes to Monumentally Sell Out American Public, Wildlife and Wild Lands
WASHINGTON – Major news outlets last night publicized a memorandum by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke that recommends downsizing some national monuments and marine
Washington Post: Trump Administration Secretly Pushing Illegal Oil Exploration in the Arctic Refuge
WASHINGTON – The Washington Post reported today that the Trump administration is secretly taking the first steps towards opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to
Mexican Gray Wolf Lethally Removed from the Wild
SANTA FE (Sept. 15, 2017) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced today that for the first time in over a decade, a
Conservation Groups Challenge Border Wall Construction in San Diego, Imperial Valley
Media contacts: Catalina Tresky, Defenders of Wildlife, ctresky@defenders.org, (202) 772-0253 Courtney Bourgoin, Sierra Club, courtney.bourgoin@sierraclub.org, (202) 495-3022 Animal Legal Defense Fund, media@aldf.org WASHINGTON (Sept. 14
SHARE Act Anything but Generous Towards Wildlife
Today the House Natural Resources Committee voted to advance H.R. 3668, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, to the House floor. The bill
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