August 21, 2019
Environmental and animal protection groups today sued the Trump administration over its new regulations that dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act.
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August 13, 2019
BOULDER, COLORADO – The Sierra Club and Nature Needs Half, an international coalition formed in 2009 to advance the protection of 50% of Earth’s land and seas, proudly announce a new partnership to help halt the Sixth Extinction and provide a feasible and affordable solution to the climate crisis.
August 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, against a backdrop of recent reports of global mass extinction, the Trump administration released final regulations weakening the Endangered Species Act, the nation’s most effective tool in saving wildlife from extinction.
August 2, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Trump administration today is expected to publish new conservation plans for the endangered greater sage grouse. The revised plans, which will apply to lands managed by the Forest Service, follow rollbacks adopted by the Interior Department earlier this year. Together the plans will undermine sage grouse conservation efforts on millions of acres of public land across western states, and set back carefully-crafted plans years in the making.
July 17, 2019
Rock Springs, WY-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will meet on July 18th and 19th to decide whether or not to require hunters to carry bear spray in grizzly bear habitat, how to control the spread of chronic wasting disease, and adopt regulations for wolf hunting, among other topics.
July 15, 2019
Almost two million Americans stated their opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to strip endangered species protections from gray wolves in a comment period that closed today. This is one of the largest numbers of comments ever submitted on a federal decision involving endangered species and reflects broad dissatisfaction with the Trump administration’s politically driven move to turn wolf management over to state agencies across most of the lower 48 states.
June 27, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, MN— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held its only public hearing on the Trump administration proposal to end federal protection for nearly all gray wolves in the lower 48 states in Brainerd, Minn.
Dozens of wolf activists gathered at nearby Gregory Park to oppose the delisting proposal. The rally featured speakers and chanting advocates with signs. Photos and video for media use are available upon request.
May 3, 2019
Hudson, WI-- Today, at a hearing about the Trump administration’s move to remove gray wolves in the Lower 48 states from federal Endangered Species Act protections, several conservation and community organizations spoke out against the proposal. The groups emphasized the dangers of removing federal protections for the gray wolf-- including delisting prematurely and pulling resources away from full recovery efforts.
April 30, 2019
Denver, CO-- Yesterday, a coalition of organizations joined a hearing to oppose the Trump administration’s decision to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states. Members of the public, wildlife experts, and conservation advocates, as well as a representative from Congressman Joe Neguse’s office, stressed the need for continued federal safeguards to ensure the gray wolf population reaches full recovery before losing its endangered status.
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April 29, 2019
DENVER, CO (April 29, 2019) − Community members of Denver and the surrounding areas will gather on Monday, April 29, to give verbal testimony in opposition to the proposed delisting of the gray wolf. Expert panelists representing the scientific and recreational communities will be in attendance.
March 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife heard expert testimony on the state of wildlife in the United States. Wildlife in every part of the nation face new threats from the effects of climate change on habitat, the Trump administration’s plans to gut the protection of the Endangered Species Act, and continued efforts to construct a wall along the U.S. Southern border which fragments migration corridors and increases flooding, resulting in more destruction of habitat.
March 6, 2019
Washington, D.C.-- Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a proposal to strip Endangered Species protections from gray wolves across the country, despite the fact that they occupy only five percent of their historic habitat.
In response Bonnie Rice of Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign issued the following statement: