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In this Nov. 15, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is expressing more doubts about a new policy allowing trophies of African elephants shot for sport to be imported.
President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed more doubts about a new policy allowing trophies of African elephants shot for sport to be imported, appearing to question whether "this horror show" would actually aid in the conservation of any animal. The trophy policy was among issues Trump cited in a series of tweets.
On Nov. 8, the House of Representatives passed the "Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017" , a bill to streamline the licensing process for hydroelectric facilities. The word "modernization" in the title is a euphemism for deregulation, exactly as it was in the "Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999" -- which repealed Depression-era banking regulations that had separated consumer banks from riskier investment banking.
President Donald Trump abruptly reversed his administration's Thursday decision to allow elephants shot for sport in Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported back to the United States as trophies, saying in a tweet Friday night that he was putting the decision "on hold" until further review. "Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts," Trump wrote on Twitter.
President Trump has halted a decision by his administration to allow the importation of elephant hunting trophies. A combination of public and private pressure prompted President Trump to overturn his administration's recent move to allow elephants shot for sport in Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported back to the United States as trophies, according to interviews with several individuals briefed on the decision.
President Donald Trump said Friday he's delaying a new policy allowing the body parts of African elephants shot for sport to be imported until he can review "all conservation facts." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it would allow such importation, arguing that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill the threatened species would help raise money for conservation programs.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Friday he is putting a decision to allow imports of elephant trophies on hold after a torrent of criticism from conservation advocates and across social media. Trump's reversal came hours after his administration released a rule on Friday to allow hunters who kill elephants in Zimbabwe to bring their trophies back to the United States, which had been banned by the Obama administration.
Partially reversing an Obama-era ban, the Trump administration will now allow U.S. hunters to bring home the remains of elephants they've killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia in southern Africa. The move, announced this week, was greeted with cheers by hunters and firearms groups but was derided by animal rights advocates as the government argued that conditions for elephants in parts of Africa had "changed and improved" in recent years.
Piping plovers are among the shorebirds that rely on the Georgia coast. Red knots like this one fatten up on horseshoe crab eggs in the spring along the Georgia coast before continuing their long-distance migration from South America to the Arctic.
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Manni the green sea turtle at her intake to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center after being injured in a hopper dredge. Photo courtesy of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.
Plans to harvest trees on federal lands can take years to win approval. The GOP bill, which is set to be approved, would loosen environmental rules that block forest-thinning efforts on federal property.
It's just after 10 p.m. on a misty Monday night. I'm riding in the back of a pickup truck sitting on a stack of 50-pound bags of corn scanning a picked cornfield with a thermal imaging scope.
MISSOULA, Mont. - - The group behind the creation of our national forest system - the Boone and Crockett Club - applauds Congressman Bruce Westerman , Chairman Rob Bishop and the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 2936, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017.
Editors Note: Outdoor Recreation Industry Roundtable members have been working to deliver a strong and unified message to Congress and the administration about the importance of including the outdoor industry in disaster recovery efforts after a very tough year in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico caused by hurricanes. The letter below was sent to 20 members of Congress and to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Douglas Lamont, Secretary of Agriculture Sonney Perdue, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney.
As it has for 37 years, the Sportsmen's Alliance continues to be the leading organization fighting coast to coast against any legislation or action that threatens your outdoor heritage while, at the same time, proactively advancing legislation that allows more opportunities for sportsmen.
This undated aerial photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a herd of caribou on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. Congress is a step closer to opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats, including Sen. Edward Markey, plan to call Tuesday for Republicans to remove language from a budget resolution allowing for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. League of Conservation Voters Senior Vice President Tiernan Sittenfeld earlier this month said GOP budget proposals "include a huge giveaway to oil and gas companies by paving the way for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to the Gwich'in people and iconic wildlife."
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE , Huron, S.D. October 5, 2017 - U.S. Department of Agriculture officials announce October 20, 2017 as the batching date for applications for the popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program administered by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service . Landowners seeking to address natural resource concerns on their property are encouraged to apply for participation in the USDA's EQIP.
This year, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to invest $250 million in technical and financial assistance to help private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups protect critical wetlands, agricultural lands and grasslands. The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program focuses on restoring and protecting wetlands as well as conserving productive agricultural lands and grasslands.