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1999 Press Releases

December

Defenders Compensates Nearly $50,000 from Wolf, Grizzly Funds in 1999 12/29/1999

Conservationists Seek Critical Habitat Protection for Highly Endangered Sonoran Pronghorn 12/27/1999

Wolves in the Adirondacks? 12/21/1999

Defenders of Wildlife Releases First Comprehensive National Wolf Strategy 12/17/1999

International Coalition to Sue U.S. Government over Failure To Protect Colorado River Biodiversity 12/15/1999

Comments on Land Legacy Coalition 12/14/1999

November

Coalition Calls for Moratorium on Genetically Engineered Crops 11/30/1999

Groups Request Amendment to U.S. - Mexico River Treaty to Allocate Water for Wildlife 11/23/1999

Beyond Playing Defense: Good News for Land & Wildlife in the Budget 11/18/1999

Rodger Schlickeisen, President of Defenders of Wildlife, On the Conservation and Reinvestment Act 11/10/1999

Coalition Statement to House Resources Committee on CARA Bill Scheduled for Markup November 10 11/09/1999

Lunch Briefing With Wolves & Radio Personality Dr. Dog in San Diego County 11/02/1999

October

Mexican Wolf Wins in Court; Yellowstone Wolf Case Still Pending 10/28/1999

Defenders Fights Legal Challenge of Red Wolf Program in North Carolina 10/27/1999

Statement of Rodger Schlickeisen on the Passing of The Honorable John Chafee 10/25/1999

Statement on Passage of Interior Appropriations Bill 10/21/1999

Federal Court Decision Will Protect Precious Habitat in the West 10/19/1999

October 17-24: 1999 Wolf Awareness Week -- Events Scheduled Throughout United States 10/15/1999

Defenders Hails Proposal to List Atlantic Salmon as Victory For Wildlife 10/14/1999

New Kidsplanet.org Site Offers a World of Wildlife Activities for Youth & Educators 10/13/1999

Statement on President Clinton's Roadless Areas/ Land Legacy Announcement Today 10/13/1999

Interior Secretary Babbitt's Colorado Visit Highlights Upcoming Land Legislation 10/08/1999

September

Forest Service Proposes New Regulations to Modernize Forest Management 09/30/1999

Interior Secretary Babbitt's Chattahoochee Visit Highlights Upcoming Land Legislation 09/30/1999

Alaska Legislature Repeals Key Provision of Wolf Protection Law 09/25/1999

Babbitt Manassas Visit Highlights Upcoming Land Legislation 09/23/1999

Defenders Decries Latest Anti-environmental Riders, Calls for Presidential Veto 09/15/1999

Congress Called on to Pass Legislation for to Protection of Delmarva Fox Squirrel 09/09/1999

Report Profiles Parks 09/08/1999

Defenders and Local Maryland Landowner Sue FWS to Protect the Endangered Delmarva Fox Squirrel 09/07/1999

August

Rare Swift Foxes Are Reintroduced on Blackfeet Indian Reservation 08/29/1999

Reaction to America's Land Legacy Radio Address by President Clinton & Vice President Gore 08/23/1999

Operation Rio Grande Too Dangerous 08/18/1999

Groups Sue U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service For Failure to List Florida Black Bear 08/03/1999

July

Wolf on the Doorstep of 10th Circuit Court of Appeals 07/29/1999

Anti-Environmental Riders on Interior Spending Bill to Test Senate Resolve 07/27/1999

Statement On Beginning of Senate Deliberation on Interior Appropriations 07/27/1999

Defenders of Wildlife Supports Tax Bill Introduced 07/20/1999

Defenders Offers Reward For Information Leading To Lynx Killer 07/20/1999

June

Congressional Proposals on Military Land Withdrawals At Issue 06/30/1999

Environment Under Attack Again in Interior Appropriations Bill 06/24/1999

Defenders Makes Mexican Wolf Compensation Offer 06/24/1999

May

The Newest Online Answer to Saving Something Wild 05/27/1999

Chocolate Company Joins Forces with Defenders for a Sweet Deal to Save Yellowstone Wolves 05/27/1999

Ag Appropriations Bill on House Floor 05/26/1999

TR IV Report to Congress Shows Need for Funds 05/19/1999

Floridians "Conserve Wildlife" With New Specialty License Plate 05/17/1999

Wolf Hysteria Rules The Day In New Hampshire 05/07/1999

April

Trade Pressure Deals Dolphins Deadly Blow 04/29/1999

Prominent Scientists Support Land Legacy 04/22/1999

Tax Bill Introduced To Benefit Endangered Species & Other Wildlife 04/20/1999

Defenders Sues the Interior Department to Protect the Endangered Sonoran Pronghorn 04/13/1999

March

Politics Prevail: Oregon Wolf Captured and Removed from State Against Widespread Opposition 03/29/1999

Congressional Budget Will Slash Environmental Funding 03/25/1999

10th Anniversary Tomorrow: Aftermath of Exxon Valdez Worse on Wildlife Than Official Reports 03/23/1999

Newly Released Mexican Wolf Found Dead: Defenders Extends Wolf Reward Offer 03/23/1999

Defenders Praises New Science Report on National Forest Management 03/15/1999

Four Mexican Wolves Returned to the Wild 03/15/1999

Defenders Threatens to Sue to Protect Endangered Ocelot, Jaguarundi 03/15/1999

United States Will Identify Italy As Illegal Driftnetting Country 03/15/1999

Minnesota Wolves at Risk: Defenders Opposes Wolf Hunting and Trapping 03/11/1999

New Changes to Guidelines for Habitat Conservation Plans under the Endangered Species Act 03/09/1999

Olympic Gray Wolf Reintroduction Feasibility Study Released Today 03/05/1999

Defenders Supports Permanent Funding for America's Land Legacy 03/04/1999

Action Disregards Sentiment of Alaskan Voters 03/04/1999

February

Defenders Promises Continued Compensation 02/19/1999

Rare Swift Fox Flourishes at Blackfeet Rseservation 02/18/1999

Defenders Urges Babbitt and CITES Committee to Oppose the Illegal Killing of Elephants 02/08/1999

Florida Black Bear in Danger 02/03/1999

January

Defenders and Coalition File Suit to Force Atlantic Salmon Listing 01/27/1999

Defenders Decries Montana's Yellowstone Bison Slaughter 01/26/1999

Conservation Group Pays More than $12,000 in 1998 For Grizzly Depredations 01/22/1999

Reaction to State of the Union Address By Environmental Community 01/19/1999

Scientists Find Serious Holes in Endangered Species Agreements 01/15/1999

Farm Bureau Delegates Give Death Sentence to Yellowstone Wolves 01/15/1999

Conservationists Applaud Clinton's Conservation Vision into the 21st Century 01/12/1999

Annual Bison Killing Begins in Yellowstone 01/12/1999

Farm Bureau Doesn't Represent Family Farmer 01/11/1999

Defenders of Wildlife Brings Wolves to Farm Bureau Convention 01/04/1999

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