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EPA Rule Further Slashes Clean Water Act Protections for Streams, Wetlands

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s draft rule narrowing the scope of the Clean Water Act will protect fewer streams and wetlands from pollution and destruction than at any point since the law’s passage in 1972.

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'A Win for Wildlife': Oregon State Lodging Tax Ushers in Conservation Victory

Mar 10, 2026

Emily Fano, National Wildlife Federation

Regents’ Approval of Statewide Climate Education Requirement is Welcome News

Mar 10, 2026

La educación climática será un requisito en Nueva York y su aprobación es una buena noticia

Mar 10, 2026

Photo of winter wheat near the Bridger Mountains, credit USDA NRCS

Committee Advances Farm Bill with Key Conservation Provisions, Improvements Needed

Mar 05, 2026

Kit fox. Phot credit: Utah Bureau of Land Management

Physical Border Wall in Big Bend is Ineffective; Threatens Wildlife, Working Lands

Mar 02, 2026

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Grand Staircase-Escalante Resolution Threatens Public Lands, Indigenous Self-Determination

Feb 26, 2026

La resolución sobre el Monumento Nacional Grand Staircase-Escalante es una amenaza a las tierras públicas y la autodeterminación de las tribus nativas americanas

Feb 26, 2026

Court-Ordered Emergency Actions Put Pacific Northwest on Course to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon, Steelhead

Feb 25, 2026

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