If I cried it's probably crocodile tears. It's hard to see, with an extremist piece of legislation like that, how anything acceptable could result.

In fact, Senator Reid's leadership and confidence that the filibuster was the right thing to do was critical to the defeat of the drilling provision last year.

Implementation of Permanent Protection for America's Resources 2000 would be a dream come true for conservationists,

Not only does this bill gut the Endangered Species Act, but it creates a government giveaway program to greedy developers.

This is incredibly encouraging news, ... That she has crossed into Oregon could mark the beginning of an increased area for wolf recovery. She may not find what she's looking for, and she could easily come right back into Idaho. But developments show that wolf reintroduction is working, and this could be the start of something exciting.

This plan only goes half of the distance.

Establishing a hunting and trapping season on wolves in Minnesota is not appropriate or justified at this time ... A diverse group of citizens representing hunting and trapping interests, farmers, environmentalists and others agreed on a management plan, and this wasn't it. This legislation subverts the entire public participation process.

Environmental groups today are accusing the Bush administration of massively abusing its executive authority by working with its energy supporters in order to subvert and undermine our major environmental laws.

As the wolf recovery area starts to spread out, it is important to know that Defenders will keep its commitment financially to compensate ranchers for losses due to wolf kills,

We cannot sit by and watch the only public lands devoted to wildlife protection wither away. There's simply too much at stake.