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2002 Press Releases

December

Administration Overturns Environmental Keystone "Dolphin Safe" Tuna Standard to Fall 12/31/2002

House Republicans Object to White House Forest Proposal 12/16/2002

Appeals Court Hands Defeat to White House on Forest Policy 12/12/2002

White House Wildfire Proposal Called "Classic Bait-and-Switch" 12/11/2002

Defenders Hails Gray Wolf Return to Utah; Urges Government to Free Captured Wolf 12/02/2002

November

Bush Administration Proposes Recasting Decades of Forest Policy for the Timber Industry 11/27/2002

Statement of Rodger Schlickeisen on Release of New Clean Air Regulations 11/22/2002

Defenders of Wildlife Offers Reward for Information About Grizzly Bear Killer 11/19/2002

CITES Concludes in Chile 11/15/2002

Congress Approves Bush Assault on Migratory Birds, but Attack on Endangered Species Act Rejected 11/13/2002

Canadian Taxpayers Fund Mis-Information Campaign for Canadian Lumber Barons 11/07/2002

October

Organizations Call for Gray Wolf Restoration in Western Washington State 10/30/2002

Groups Sue EPA to Protect Florida Wildlife from Bird-Killing Pesticide 10/29/2002

Suit Seeks to Reveal Bush Administration – Timber Industry Ties Relating to Forest Regulation Changes 10/23/2002

Conservationists Applaud Forest Service Action to Control ORV Damage 10/20/2002

Governor Jeb Bush Receives Failing Grade on Protection of His "Favorite Mammal" 10/17/2002

Manatee Coalition Returns to Court to Prevent Further Manatee Deaths 10/15/2002

Defenders Hails Return of Fishers to Tennessee 10/11/2002

Highway environmental shortcuts unnecessary and destructive, Congress told 10/08/2002

National Wolf Awareness Week, October 13-19 Events Scheduled Throughout United States 10/07/2002

Manatee Coalition urges contempt citation for U.S. Interior Secretary, decries Bush administration appeal of court ruling 10/01/2002

September

Rare swift foxes are reintroduced on Blackfeet Indian Reservation 09/06/2002

August

Fire Policies to protect people, not logging corporations Statement of Dr. Mark Shaffer, Senior Vice President for Programs Defenders of Wildlife 08/21/2002

Norton flouting court on Pronghorn protection, Defenders charges 08/05/2002

Tragedy Strikes California Wolf Center Volunteers and Firefighters Save All But Four Wolves 08/02/2002

July

Federal Judge Threatens to Hold Norton In Contempt For Failure To Comply With Manatee Protection Deal 07/31/2002

Statement by Rodger Schlickeisen President of Defenders of Wildlife on Committee Markup HR 4840, A Bill That Purports to Offer" Sound Scince" For ESA 07/11/2002

Defenders Names Fascione V.P. For Species Conservation 07/10/2002

June

EPA Reverses Decade-old Decision to Allow Resumption of Bird-Killing Pesticide Use 06/25/2002

Reward Offered in Killing of California Sea Otter 06/12/2002

Become Bear Aware - Bear Awareness Week 2002 06/02/2002

May

Scientists Reject Moves to Remove Wolf Protections 05/28/2002

Kerry Amendment's Defeat Ensures Environmentally Harmful Trade Bill 05/22/2002

Trout & Salmon Streams Face Sharp Declines Due to Hotter Temperatures: New Study Predicts Sportfish Species Will Disappear from Many Waterways 05/21/2002

Federal Judge Rules That Cattle Grazing on Public Lands Prompting Buffalo Slaughter Should Be Halted 05/13/2002

Environmental Groups Report Public Lands Funding Gap 05/08/2002

Statement of Mark Shaffer, Defenders of Wildlife Senior Vice President for Programs, on Farm Bill Consideration in Senate 05/08/2002

Kids, Sea Otters are Big Winners in Essay Contest 05/06/2002

Kids, Florida Black Bears are Big Winners in Essay Contest 05/06/2002

Statement by Rodger Schlickeisen on Farm Bill Vote 05/02/2002

Wolf Coalition Urges US Fish and Wildlife Agency Not To Abandon Northeast Wolf Restoration 05/01/2002

Groups Ask for Strong Wolf Protections 05/01/2002

April

Defenders Works with Rural Community so Kids Can Play Safely 04/26/2002

Senate Energy Bill Sets Stage for Environmentally-Perilous House-Senate Conference 04/26/2002

Statement by Rodger Schlickeisen on Farm Bill Conference Agreement 04/26/2002

Plan to Kill Predators of Sage Grouse Throughout Southern Idaho Put on Hold 04/25/2002

Statement of Rodger Schlickeisen, President, Defenders of Wildlife Earth Day, April 22, 2002 04/22/2002

Report Details Wide Ranging Government Assault on Wildlife 04/17/2002

Environmental Groups Detail Rollbacks of Federal Wildlife Protections by Bush Administration - Legal Action to Protect Florida Manatee Announced 04/17/2002

March

Defenders of Wildlife Announces Board Officers 03/27/2002

Reward Offered in Killing of California Sea Otter 03/11/2002

Defenders Launches Wildlife-Friendly Coffee Line 03/06/2002

Government Reports Reveal Toxic Legacy of Alaska Wildlife Refuge Oil Drilling 03/01/2002

February

Report exposes 'Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the states' 02/28/2002

Norton Moves to Reverse Manatee Protection Rules 02/12/2002

Defenders Says White House Budget Shortchanges Conservation 02/05/2002

Making Room for Comeback Cats 02/01/2002

January

State of the Union & Arctic Refuge Oil Drilling; Statement of Rodger Schlickeisen, President, Defenders of Wildlife 01/29/2002

Defenders Pays $16,691 in Grizzly Bear Compensation During 2001 01/22/2002

Conservation Groups Resist Expansion of Poison Trapping 01/18/2002

Kids Go to Bat for Florida Black Bear - Defenders Announces Black Bear Essay Contest 01/18/2002

Kids Stand Up for Sea Otters - Defenders Announces Sea Otter Essay Contest 01/18/2002

Norton Ruling on Polar Bear "Silences Silence" 01/17/2002

Defenders Secures Grizzly Habitat Near Grand Teton National Park 01/11/2002