Category: American Heritage Party (2000)

Washington, DC – A broad coalition of conservation groups today called on the Bush administration to halt efforts to weaken the Endangered Species Act. To date, more than 100,000 citizens have come out in opposition of a proposed rule change that would weaken the safety net of habitat protections that have helped protect and recover […]

RESTON, VA (October 6, 2008) – Tony Caligiuri has joined the National Wildlife Federation as the first Regional Executive Director of NWF’s recently-opened Chesapeake Mid-Atlantic Natural Resource Center in Reston, VA. Caligiuri will lead a staff of wildlife and conservation experts whose work focuses on implementing plans to confront global warming, restore America’s wildlife and […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Wildlife Federation and Alliance for the Great Lakes applaud the U.S. Congress for sealing historic protections for the Great Lakes that have been a decade in the making.
The U.S. House today approved the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, an eight-state water management agreement to protect the […]

(SEATTLE, WA) - Scientists at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today issued a long-awaited regulatory finding that the National Flood Insurance Program is pushing orcas and several runs of salmon towards extinction, in violation of the Endangered Species Act. The National Flood Insurance Program (FEMA) is implemented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The […]

WASHINGTON, DC — A U.S. District Court Judge yesterday overturned a 2007 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the gray wolf in the upper Great Lakes states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. The National Wildlife Federation maintains support for the 2007 decision […]

Seattle, WA – “Cleaning up global warming pollution creates new jobs, moves us toward clean energy and protects consumers and natural resources.
“Today’s announcement by western leaders underscores the importance of taking bold steps to combat global warming pollution. We praise them for keeping this issue at the forefront of policy makers and the public at […]