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Administration Continues Assault on National Forests, Moves to Gut Rule Managing Off-Road Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced its intention to revise the Travel Management Rule governing motorized vehicle use on almost 200 million acres of federal lands.
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Trump Administration Advances Roadless Rule Repeal at the Expense of Wildlife, Clean Water and Public Will
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement seeking to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a bedrock law that protects 45 million acres of national forests managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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Judge Vacates Land Exchange, Halts Road Through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
A federal judge today vacated an illegal closed-door deal between the U.S. Department of the Interior and a for-profit Alaska Native corporation, King Cove Corp., that exchanged a 10.5-mile corridor of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness lands to enable a road connecting King Cove and Cold Bay.
Press Releases
Governor Bullock’s Plan to Break the Gridlock on Montana’s Bison Management
BOZEMAN. Mont. – On Wednesday Governor Bullock announced a proposal that could end a decades-long stalemate over how to manage bison in Yellowstone National Park
Defenders of Wildlife to Challenge BLM’s First-ever Approval of Wolf Hunting Derby on Public Lands in Idaho
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; (208) 861-4655 Laird Lucas: llucas@advocateswest.org; (208) 342-7024 ext. 209 BOISE, Idaho – Defenders of Wildlife will ask the
Major Bison Relocation Makes Fort Peck Tribes Leaders in Bison Conservation
Poplar, Mont. – One hundred and thirty-eight wild Yellowstone bison, free of cattle genes, will reclaim their historic home on the Great Plains starting today
Settlement Reached on Protecting World’s Only Wild Red Wolves from Deadly Mistaken Identity in Five County Area
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina today indicated its approval of a settlement agreement between conservation nonprofits
Gunnison Sage-grouse Listed as Threatened under Endangered Species Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Gunnison Sage-grouse Listed as Threatened under Endangered Species Act Unique, imperiled sage-grouse will finally
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