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Defenders Slams Lease Sale in Arctic Refuge
The Bureau of Land Management today opened nine bids on five tracts regarding an oil and gas lease sale on the Coastal Plain of the
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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.
Press Releases
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.
New Poll Shows Strong Support for Bison Restoration in Montana
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 New Poll Shows Strong Support for Bison Restoration in Montana HELENA, Mont. –
Reward Increased to $20,000 in Killing of Endangered Wolf in Washington
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: December 23, 2014 Contacts: Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, (707) 779-9613 Jasmine Minbashian, Conservation Northwest, (360) 319-3111 Shawn Cantrell, Defenders
Tens of Thousands Voice Support for Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Add to Groundswell of Public Demand to Protect the Area
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2014 Contact: Virginia Cramer, Sierra Club, 804-225-9113 x 1002, Virginia.cramer@sierraclub.org Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife, 202-772-0253, csexton@defenders.org Charlotte Orr, Tuleyome
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