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Our federal lands and wildlife belong to us. Our public tax dollars should be going towards our shared natural resources and ensuring their protection for generations to come. However, the Trump administration’s proposed 2027 federal budget fails our...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2026 — More than 31,500 public comments have been submitted to the federal government in support of maintaining Endangered Species Act protections for the critically endangered Rice’s whale, demonstrating strong public concern...

Washington D.C. — July 13, 2026 — Washington, D.C. — The Trump Administration weakened the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with a final rulemaking that could open the door to widespread destruction of habitat for endangered wildlife by rescinding the regulatory...

As someone who has spent years documenting, studying, and teaching about coral ecosystems across Florida’s coastlines, the news that staghorn and elkhorn corals are now considered “functionally extinct” is both heartbreaking and deeply personal.
Elkhorn coral received protection under the Endangered Species Act in 2006, making them a legal priority for conservation efforts, collectively leading to focused initiatives on a local and national level that helped them and the broader Florida Keys...