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Don’t “Modernize” the Endangered Species Act, Just Fund It!

This is a guest post from Rick Lamplugh. Rick is an author and wildlife advocate from Gardiner, Montana.

The Endangered Species Coalition is bringing me and a number of other advocates to Washington, D.C. for a couple days to lobby for the Endangered Species Act. I respect the work of this national coalition of hundreds of conservation-minded organizations, and I’m glad to go. To prepare, I’m researching and writing. Here’s some of what I’ve found.

June 21, 2017 1 Comment

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Don’t fear wolves and grizzlies — respect them.

This is a guest post from Bethany Cotton. She is the Wildlife Program Director for WildEarth Guardians, an Endangered Species

June 19, 2017 2 Comments

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Protect the Science, Protect the Species

This is a guest post by Charise Johnson, a research associate in the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
As we face irreversible destruction of species and their habitats due to threats from habitat loss and fragmentation, overharvesting, pollution, climate change, and invasive species, lawmakers indicate they intend to attack the Endangered Species Act again. Under the current administration, we’ve already witnessed the introduction of several pieces of legislation intended to weaken the Endangered Species Act or specific species protections.

June 12, 2017 2 Comments

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Statement on the Release of President Trump’s Budget

“The Trump budget makes devastating cuts to fish and wildlife conservation, including to the Endangered Species programs that help conserve and recover imperiled wildlife. While President Trump and his allies in Congress make a lot of noise about wanting to give states more opportunity to recover threatened and endangered species, the President’s budget does the exact opposite, by cutting millions of dollars from wildlife conservation programs that prevent species from declining to the point where they need Endangered Species protection.”

May 23, 2017 No Comments

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Empathizing With All Mothers for Mother’s Day

What does it mean to be a mother? Maybe you know because you are one. Maybe you know because

May 11, 2017 1 Comment

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Legislative Trojan Horse

Twenty-four. That is the number of bills attacking the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that have been introduced to the House

May 8, 2017 No Comments

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Plan your Endangered Species Day Action or Celebration

The 12th annual Endangered Species Day is just around the corner, but you still have time to make your plans.

May 3, 2017 14 Comments

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WIN for Wolves: Great Lakes wolf delisting kept out of spending bill

Thanks to thousands of calls, emails, visits, and endless pressure from Endangered Species Coalition activists and member organizations, Congress will

May 1, 2017 350 Comments

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Because #LoboWeek: A Brief Look at the Plight of the Mexican Gray Wolf

This week 19 years ago, 11 captive-born Mexican gray wolves (aka lobos) were released into the wilds of New Mexico and Arizona for the first time since they were very nearly eradicated in the early 1970s. In 1976, three years after the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the lobo was listed as an endangered species.

March 27, 2017 94 Comments

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Unintelligent Tinkering

This post is by Dr. Julie Gorte, a member of the Endangered Species Coalition Board of Directors.

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the bits. Delisting endangered species without solid analytical reasons to do so, and for that matter dismantling the protections of the Endangered Species Act, qualifies as unintelligent tinkering.

March 8, 2017 1 Comment

endangered species act

Don’t “Modernize” the Endangered Species Act, Just Fund It!

Don’t fear wolves and grizzlies — respect them.

Protect the Science, Protect the Species

Statement on the Release of President Trump’s Budget

Empathizing With All Mothers for Mother’s Day

Legislative Trojan Horse

Plan your Endangered Species Day Action or Celebration

WIN for Wolves: Great Lakes wolf delisting kept out of spending bill

Because #LoboWeek: A Brief Look at the Plight of the Mexican Gray Wolf

Unintelligent Tinkering

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