Wildlife

Interior Downplayed Wildlife Experts' Concerns About Trump’s Border Wall

"Federal government scientists raised red flags last year about President Trump’s proposed wall for the U.S.-Mexico border, suggesting that it could harm the habitats of imperiled species living in the ecologically diverse region. Constructing a physical barrier in southern Texas, some said, should be avoided if possible."

Source: Washington Post, 12/11/2018

Trump Plans Rollback of Sage Grouse Protections to Spur Oil Exploration

"The Trump administration on Thursday published documents detailing its plan to roll back Obama-era protections for the vast habitat of the greater sage grouse, a chickenlike bird that roams across nearly 11 million acres in 10 oil-rich Western states."

Source: NY Times, 12/07/2018

"In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska"

"For decades, opposition to drilling has left the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off limits. Now the Trump administration is hurriedly clearing the way for oil exploration."

"FAIRBANKS, Alaska — It is the last great stretch of nothingness in the United States, a vast landscape of mosses, sedges and shrubs that is home to migrating caribou and the winter dens of polar bears.

Source: NY Times, 12/04/2018

Trump Admin OKs Seismic Tests That Could Harm Atlantic Dolphins, Whales

"The Trump administration took an important step toward future oil and natural gas drilling off the Atlantic shore, approving five requests allowing companies to conduct deafening seismic surveys that could harm tens of thousands of dolphins, whales and other marine animals, according to studies."

Source: Washington Post, 12/03/2018

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