“Despite the frustrating setback, this fight is far from over. We will use every tool available to protect the refuge and its globally significant lands and wildlife for the benefit of all who love and appreciate the great outdoors.”
Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife President & CEO
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling today threatens the health of the land, water and wildlife in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge by allowing the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to trade away public land and congressionally designated Wilderness to a private corporation for the purpose of building a commercial road.
Ninth Circuit Court Ruling Threatens Land, Water, Wildlife in Izembek Refuge
Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife President & CEO
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling today threatens the health of the land, water and wildlife in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge by allowing the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to trade away public land and congressionally designated Wilderness to a private corporation for the purpose of building a commercial road.
Ninth Circuit Court Ruling Threatens Land, Water, Wildlife in Izembek Refuge