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Are You Noticing It Too? Fireflies Are Fading From Our Summer Nights

For generations, fireflies have turned ordinary summer evenings into something magical. Their tiny flashes drift through backyards, fields, forests, and wetlands, creating a natural wonder cherished around the world. For many of us, they are woven into childhood memories, symbols of warm nights, healthy landscapes, and the simple joy of being outside after sunset.

But today, that familiar glow is under threat.

August 5, 2026 No Comments

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Fitzpatrick, Quigley Lead Bipartisan Effort to Stop Sweeping Rollback of Endangered Species Protections

The Safeguarding Endangered Species Act would overturn the Administration’s rule eliminating longstanding protections against habitat destruction that kills or injures imperiled wildlife.

July 24, 2026 No Comments

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Endangered Species Act

Funding Challenges for Endangered Species Recovery

Our federal lands and wildlife belong to us. Our public tax dollars should be going towards our shared natural resources and ensuring their protection for generations to come. However, the Trump administration’s proposed 2027 federal budget fails our wildlife and us by cutting endangered species program funding by 22%.

July 14, 2026 No Comments

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Monarch Butterflies

White House Invites Pollinators to Its Garden

The White House has for six years planted a garden on the South Lawn, first planted in 2009 to promote

April 17, 2014 No Comments

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Idaho

Killing Wolves: A Hunter-Led War Against Science and Wildlife

In this post from his blog, From the Wild Side, long-time backcountry hunter and western outdoor writer David Stalling strongly

April 8, 2014 No Comments

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Power in Numbers

This March, we reached a milestone in organizing. There are now more than 50,000 people taking action. More than 50,000

April 1, 2014 No Comments

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Nearly 500,000 More Americans Speak Out Against Federal Plan to Strip Wolves of Protections

WASHINGTON—More than 460,000 Americans filed official comments calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to scrap its controversial proposal to remove federal protections from the gray wolf and instead work to advance wolf recovery in the United States. A scientific peer review released in early February 2014 unanimously concluded that a federal plan to drop protections for most gray wolves was not based on the best available science

March 31, 2014 No Comments

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Yellowstone

USFWS Moving to Delist Grizzlies

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced this week that it was moving forward with work to delist the

March 28, 2014 No Comments

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Kids to Secretary Jewell: Follow the Science

Last week we posted a video reply from the young person Secretary Jewell referenced in a public appearance in Washington,

March 24, 2014 No Comments

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The Wolf of Main Street

By Beth Stewart China = pandas. India = Bengal tigers. Every continent has their share of beloved endangered species. But

March 21, 2014 No Comments

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It’s about science — a 13 year-old responds to Secretary Jewell

Last month, we posted a video of Interior Secretary Jewell speaking at an event at the Center for American Progress.

March 13, 2014 No Comments

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Sea turtles

Driftnets: California’s Deadliest Catch

This post is a guest blog from Todd Steiner, Executive Director of the Endangered Species Coalition member group Turtle Island

March 12, 2014 No Comments

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The Blog

The Latest from the Endangered Species Coalition

Are You Noticing It Too? Fireflies Are Fading From Our Summer Nights

Fitzpatrick, Quigley Lead Bipartisan Effort to Stop Sweeping Rollback of Endangered Species Protections

Funding Challenges for Endangered Species Recovery

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White House Invites Pollinators to Its Garden

Killing Wolves: A Hunter-Led War Against Science and Wildlife

Power in Numbers

Nearly 500,000 More Americans Speak Out Against Federal Plan to Strip Wolves of Protections

USFWS Moving to Delist Grizzlies

Kids to Secretary Jewell: Follow the Science

The Wolf of Main Street

It’s about science — a 13 year-old responds to Secretary Jewell

Driftnets: California’s Deadliest Catch

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