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National Wildlife Refuges

On the Edge of the Fiscal Cliff

Caitlin Balch-Burnett | Posted 02.20.2013 | Denver
Read More: Colorado Tourism, Monte Vista, Colorado Conservation, Denver News, Colorado Environmentalists, Fiscal Cliff, National Wildlife Refuges, Defenders of Wildlife, Wildlife, Monte Vista Crane Festival, Sangre De Cristo Conservation Area, Denver News
Caitlin Balch-Burnett

We've all heard of the fiscal cliff, but what you may not know is that these cuts, scheduled to take effect in early January 2013, will also hurt America's wildlife.

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Fiscal Cliff an Opportunity for Congress to Finally End Oil Subsidies

Gene Karpinski | Posted 02.11.2013 | Green
Read More: League of Conservation Voters, Environment, Fiscal Cliff, Big Oil, Budget, Oil Subsidies, National Wildlife Refuges, Clean Energy, Green News
Gene Karpinski

Across the country, candidates who stood by the environmental community and a clean energy agenda -- including President Obama -- were overwhelmingly elected, while candidates tied to oil and coal companies lost.

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Judge Sides With Environmental Groups Over GMOs In National Wildlife Refuges

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 12.23.2012 | Green
Read More: Video, Gmo Crops, National Wildlife Refuges Gmo Lawsuit, Gmo Crops National Wildlife Refuges, Environment, National Wildlife Refuges, GMO Lawsuit, Ap, Genetically Modified Crops National Wildlife Refuges, Genetically Modified Crops, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge sided on Tuesday with environmental groups that challenged the planting of genetically-modified crops on National Wil...

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Providing Refuge for All Americans

Jim DiPeso | Posted 12.22.2012 | Green
Read More: Migratory Birds, Theodore Roosevelt, National Wildlife Refuges, Fishing, Hunting, National Audubon Society, Wildlife, Wildlife Preservation, Green News
Jim DiPeso

That's the timeless lesson Americans learned when Theodore Roosevelt established America's first refuge on Pelican Island 109 years ago -- and one that we must diligently remind our elected political leaders of today.

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Taking Our Message to Capitol Hill

Caitlin Balch-Burnett | Posted 06.18.2012 | Denver
Read More: Colorado Conservation, Colorado's Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, National Wildlife Refuges, Colorado Tourism, Colorado Environmentalists, Wildlife Refugees, Defenders-of-Wildlife, Colorado Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Defenders of Wildlife, National Wildlife Refuge System, Denver News
Caitlin Balch-Burnett

Without sufficient funding, national wildlife refuges in Colorado may not be able to continue protecting wildlife, which would, in turn, hurt local economies.

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Coastal Refuges Face Destruction

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Brown-Pelican, Sea-Turtles-Dying, Oiled-Birds, National-Wildlife-Refuges, Wildlife-Refuges, Oiled-Wildlife, Oil-Spill, Politics News
Jamie Rappaport Clark

I've come to one conclusion on the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon ore oil rig: we may be looking at the destruction of some of our most iconic and important coastal wildlife refuges.

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