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Trump Administration Executive Order Targets Wolves to Appease Ranchers
Under the guise of supporting ranchers from livestock loss due to predation, the Trump administration issued an EO targeting gray wolves and Mexican wolves.
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Defenders Celebrates U.S. Appeals Court Ruling to Protect Imperiled Sea Turtles from Drowning in Fishing Nets
A federal appeals court upheld the rule requiring shrimp trawling vessels to use turtle excluder devices so that sea turtles can avoid getting caught in nets.
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House Gambles with Survival for North Atlantic Right Whales in Latest Vote to Delay Protections
The House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 9436, a bill that will delay conservation protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Press Releases
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Introduces New Proposal for Protecting Manatees at Florida’s Three Sisters Springs
Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Introduces New Proposal for Protecting Manatees at Florida’s Three Sisters Springs WASHINGTON (August
Idaho Fish and Game Will Not Kill Wolves in Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness This Winter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: August 5, 2015 Contact: Maggie Caldwell, Earthjustice, 415-217-2084, mcaldwell@earthjustice.org Melanie Gade, Defenders of Wildlife, 202-772-0288, mgade@defenders.org Ken Cole, Western Watersheds Project
New Report Shows Forest Service is Starved for Resources
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 New Report Shows Forest Service is Starved for Resources WASHINGTON— Today the U.S. Department
Roll Out the Welcome Mat For Wolves In California – They’re Back!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202.772.0253, csexton@defenders.org Roll Out the Welcome Mat For Wolves In California – They’re Back! Department of
EPA Releases Historic Clean Power Plan to Cut Emissions and Protect Wildlife and the Environment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (August 3, 2015)– Today the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the centerpiece of President Obama’s groundbreaking climate change
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