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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
Defenders of Wildlife’s Statement on Lethal Removal of Four Oregon Wolf Pack Members
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Date: March 31, 2016 Defenders of Wildlife’s Statement on Lethal Removal of Four Oregon Wolf Pack
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2016 CONTACTS Tom Waldo | Earthjustice | twaldo@earthjustice.org | (907) 500‐7123 Niel Lawrence | Natural Resources Defense Council | nlawrence@nrdc.org
Conservationists Challenge Federal Allowance for Wildlife Killing in Grand Teton National Park
For immediate release – March 23, 2016 Contact: Timothy Preso, Earthjustice, 406-586-9699 Kent Nelson, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, (307) 690-3983 Catalina Tresky, Defenders of Wildlife, (202)
Environmental and Wildlife Groups Take Action to Save Panoche Valley from Ecologically Devastating Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Contact: Sarah Friedman, sarah.friedman@sierraclub.org, 215-300-8572 Catalina Tresky, ctresky@defenders.org, (202) 772-0253 Shani Kleinhaus shani@scvas.org Environmental and Wildlife Groups Take
Defenders of Wildlife Calls on Senate to Consider Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org Washington, DC (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)– Today, President Obama nominated DC Circuit Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland
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