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Department of Interior’s “Emergency Declaration” Suppresses Public Input and Strips Safeguards for Endangered Species
Last night, the Trump administration announced emergency procedures to fast-track oil, gas, and mining projects on national lands. The emergency procedures remove opportunities for meaningful
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Defenders Endorses Bills to Secure a Future Against Offshore Drilling
Defenders of Wildlife today endorsed a suite of bills introduced in Congress to safeguard U.S. coastal waters against the threat of offshore oil and gas
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Defenders Statement on Trump Rollback Opening Marine Monument to Fishing Industry
On Thursday, April 17, the Trump Administration issued a proclamation calling for the opening of commercial fishing in waters of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine
Press Releases
Senate Rejects Damaging Amendment, Protects Endangered Species Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: January 21, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Senate Rejects Damaging Amendment, Protects Endangered Species Act WASHINGTON – Today the
Bison Slaughter Program Starts Today in Yellowstone: Quota Set at 900 Animals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org Bison Slaughter Program Starts Today in Yellowstone: Quota Set at 900 Animals Gardiner, Mont. --
Agency Rescinds Approval of Destructive Mining Project Based on Conservation Concerns
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Wendy Russell, wendy@patagoniaalliance.org, 520-477-2308 Agency Rescinds Approval of Destructive Mining Project Based on Conservation
Conservationists Take Aim at Flawed New Rule on Mexican Gray Wolf Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0253, csexton@defenders.org Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org Heidi
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Twentieth Anniversary of Wolf Reintroduction in Yellowstone: Original Wolf Team Gathers to Celebrate Success
Conservationists, wildlife biologists and National Park employees – all members of the original team that helped reintroduce gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park twenty years ago – today returned to the park to celebrate one of this country’s greatest wildlife conservation success stories.
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