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BLM Moves to Undercut Its Planning Framework and Most Important Conservation Tool
BLM announced a proposed rule to dramatically weaken the framework around land use planning and erode one of the agency's primary tools for conservation.
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Following Historic Elections, Environmental & Conservation Groups Urge Senate to Reject Lame-Duck Permitting Deal
Ahead of Monday’s scheduled cloture vote on the motion to proceed to debate Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (S. 5653).
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Lawsuit Launched to Compel Critical Habitat for Florida, Antillean Manatees
Defenders of Wildlife and CBD notified the FWS on their intent to sue for failing to finalize critical habitat protections for Florida and Antillean manatees.
Press Releases
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Imperiled Status of Lesser Prairie Chicken
Defenders of Wildlife Calls for an Endangered Listing for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Witherspoon, 202.772.0269, jwitherspoon@defenders.org WASHINGTON (July 19, 2016) –
Terrible Interior Budget Bill Filled with Extinction Riders Advances in House
Contact: Haley McKey hmckey@defenders.org 202-772-0247 Terrible Interior Budget Bill Filled with Extinction Riders Advances in House WASHINGTON (July 13, 2016) – Today, the U.S. House
North Carolina State Legislative Committee Calls for Killing Red Wolf Recovery Program
Fewer than 50 Red Wolves remain in the wild Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org RALEIGH, N.C. (Thursday, June 23, 2016)– The House Natural Resources Committee
House Committee on Appropriations Doubles Down with More Attacks on #ESA, #Wildlife
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 15, 2016)– The House Appropriations Committee has marked up the FY 2017 bill to fund
Senate Subcommittee Appropriations Bill full of Anti-Wildlife Poison Pill Riders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247 Email: hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 14, 2016) – Today, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
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