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President Trump Rescinds Long Standing Executive Orders Designed to Conserve Wildlife and Federal Lands from Unmanaged Motorized Recreation
President Trump last Friday issued an Executive Order rescinding EOs 11644 and 11989 which guide the management of ATVs, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, jet skis and other off-road motorized vehicles on federal lands. President Trump also ordered federal agencies to rescind or revise regulations that implement the prior EOs.
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House Interior Bill Attacks Crucial Protections for Imperiled Wildlife and Public Lands
Defenders of Wildlife today slammed the House Appropriations Committee’s proposed Interior and Environment spending bill for Fiscal Year 2027, which includes numerous damaging policy riders intended to weaken the Endangered Species Act and undermine protections for individual species.
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Defenders Backs Colorado, Calls on Federal Government to Push Onward with Gray Wolf Reintroduction
Defenders of Wildlife sent a comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today in response to a public request for information, urging continued
Press Releases
Increased Wildlife Protections Secured for California Solar Flats Project in Monterey County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2015 Contact: Garrison Frost, Audubon California, (510) 601-1866, ext. 225, gfrost@audubon.org Greg Suba, California Native Plant Society, (916) 447-2677 Ileene
Berryessa Snow Mountain is Newest Designated National Monument
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202-772-0288 Berryessa Snow Mountain is Newest Designated National Monument California’s majestic mountain region now permanently protected
House Clearcut Bill Slashes Forests and Guts Environmental Laws
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 9, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, gmade@defenders.org, (202) 772-0288 House Clearcut Bill Slashes Forests and Guts Environmental Laws WASHINGTON— Today the
New National Poll Finds 90 Percent of American Voters Support the Endangered Species Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2015 Defenders of Wildlife: Melanie Gade – (202) 772-0288; mgade@defenders.org Earthjustice: Liz Judge – (415) 217-2007- ljudge@earthjustice.org New National Poll
Fish and Wildlife Service Passively Monitors Red Wolves’ Continued Decline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Fish and Wildlife Service Passively Monitors Red Wolves’ Continued Decline Chapel Hill, N.C
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