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A Bad Day For The Environment With More To Come

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And resistance to this anti-environmental agenda is essential if we want to keep our country, and our planet, safe for future generations. On Tuesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order expediting approvals for the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines, overturning perhaps the two biggest environmental victories of the Obama years.

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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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The lands that wise men from Theodore Roosevelt to President Obama have set aside, not only for Americans, but all people on Earth to enjoy. Ken Ivory is not the only politician trying to advance this agenda. Hopefully this tragedy has alerted the American people to the possibility of losing access to our public lands.

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term. Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners.

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