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Markup scheduled for Thursday on legislation to prematurely strip Endangered Species Act protections

The House Natural Resources Committee scheduled a markup on legislation to prematurely remove Endangered Species Act protections for the Mexican gray wolf – one of the most endangered mammals in the United States. Over 70 organizations sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging members to vote against the bill.

Isocycloseram was approved for use on golf courses, lawns, and a host of food crops

Ben Levitan, Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “This attack is not just about the harm it would bring to wildlife and ecosystems; it’s also a threat from the Trump administration to violate the law and ignore the popular will in order to serve well-connected special interests.”

Trump agencies proposed weakening Endangered Species Act rules

The Trump administration wants to expand drilling across U.S. coastlines, endangering Pacific wildlife and communities.

Already, over one-third of plant and animal species in the U.S. are at risk of disappearing.

Commission misses opportunity to set longer protections for female horseshoe crabs

The births underscore the importance of reintroduction efforts and strong protections for endangered species.

At least half a million say ‘No’ in initial round of public comment

La Regla Sin Carreteras ha protegido millones de acres de tierras públicas estadounidenses durante una generación.

The Roadless Rule has protected millions of acres of U.S. public lands for a generation

Agriculture Department initiates process targeting bedrock conservation policy that protects 45 million acres of national forests

EPA and Army Corps illegally approved costly project without considering practicable alternatives

Friends of the Earth, Healthy Gulf, and Sierra Club filed suit over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ illegal approval of a massive pumping station that would have devastating impacts on some of the country’s richest wetlands and hundreds of species of wildlife in a sparsely developed area of Mississippi.

Habitat destruction is the number one cause of extinction. This lawless proposal would eliminate the Endangered Species Act’s core protections against it.

If the Trump administration breaks the law to hold timber sales, we will see them in court.

Utah sought to dismiss lawsuit over its failure to protect the Great Salt Lake