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Congress urged to boost funding for Endangered Species conservation

March 3, 2021/

The Endangered Species Act is one of the best tools America has to stem the current extinction crisis facing plants...

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Endangered Species Coalition Applauds the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

January 28, 2021/

“We are thrilled by these initiatives the Biden Administration has announced in his first week as President that will address...

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100+ Civil Rights, Racial Justice, Labor, and Grassroots Groups Demand Trump Be Immediately Removed from Office, Co-Conspirators Held Accountable

January 8, 2021/

Following the insurrection by armed white vigilantes against the U.S. Capitol on Treason Day (January 6th, 2020) encouraged by Donald...

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Trafficked: 10 Species Threatened by the Wildlife Trade

December 18, 2020/

New Report Calls for End to Wildlife Trafficking, Unsustainable Trade of Plants, Wildlife Washington, DC – Wildlife and plant...

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Trump Administration Finalizes New Rule That Weakens the Endangered Species Act

December 16, 2020/

New rule paves way for extractive industries to destroy habitat of imperiled species Washington, D.C.– Tomorrow the Trump administration is...

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Historic Voter Turnout — Endangered Species Coalition and Native Plant Conservation Campaign Thank Member Groups, Volunteers

November 7, 2020/

Washington, DC — As the final ballots are tabulated across the U.S., the Endangered Species Coalition and Native Plant Conservation...

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Sens. Cornyn and Booker Bill Addresses Wildlife Trade and Prevent Pandemics

November 3, 2020/

Washington, D.C. – COVID-19 is causing massive disruption and heartbreak across America. Millions have become ill and hundreds of thousands...

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Gray Wolf Stripped of Federal Protections

November 3, 2020/

Fish and Wildlife Service removes the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, halting wolf recovery WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today the...

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Idaho Documents Reveal Weeks-old Wolf Pups Among 570 Maimed, Slaughtered Wolves

September 11, 2020/

BOISE, Ida. – As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that the removal of wolves from Endangered Species...

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