1.
More
Reports of White House
Manipulation of Science
 Once
again members of the Bush administration have been caught altering
scientific reports. A former oil and gas industry lobbyist, Philip
Cooney, who worked as chief of staff to the president's environmental
policy council, repeatedly revised federal reports in an effort to
downplay the seriousness of global warming, according to the New
York Times. The newspaper obtained documents showing edits
made by Cooney, a lawyer with no scientific background. Following the
Times report, Cooney resigned his position in the administration saying
that he wanted to spend more time with his family. But within a week of
the resignation, he
took a job with the ExxonMobil Corporation. Exxon is one of the
few major corporations that still questions the science behind global
warming studies.
2. Defenders Files Suit to Protect
Wolverines
 Defenders and
three other groups have filed a lawsuit to force
protections of wolverines under the U.S. Endangered Species
Act. Federal wildlife officials claim that they don't have enough
information to provide protections for wolverines, but conservationists
believe that the animal is in serious trouble. Wolverines once ranged
across most of the northern United States, but now are found primarily
in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington.
3. Adopt an Animal Today!
 Defenders of Wildlife gift adoptions are a wonderful
way to help protect imperiled wildlife while passing on the legacy of
stewardship and conservation to friends and family. You can adopt a
wolf, rabbit, tiger, polar bear, snowy owl, panther, sea otter,
dolphin, elephant, black bear or whale, and we'll send a cuddly plush
animal toy and an adoption certificate suitable for framing. It's the
perfect gift! Visit
our adoption center to adopt an
animal today for yourself or a loved one!
4.
Film
Highlighting Arctic Refuge to Air June 25
 This week, Dish Network and DIRECTV subscribers can
watch an engaging and informative film that highlights the mass
migration of caribou from Canada to the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge. The film, Being Caribou, follows husband-and-wife team Leanne
Allison and Karsten Heuer as they trek on foot to follow 120,000
caribou all the way to the herd's calving grounds in the refuge.The
film airs Saturday, June 25, on DIRECTV channel 375 and Dish Network
channel 9410 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time and 5:00 p.m. Pacific time.
Remember,
the fight to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge isn't over. Visit
www.savearcticrefuge.org
to help save one of America's last great wild places.
5. Rare Songbird Returns to California's
Central Valley After 60-Year Absence
 Wildlife
enthusiasts cheered the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in
Arkansas a couple of months ago, and this week conservationists
heralded the return
of the least Bell's vireo to California's Central Valley after
an absence of more than 60 years. A pair of the rare songbirds was
found with two nestlings at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife
Refuge. The birds were found on former ranchland that had been
purchased by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of its efforts
to restore habitat for species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
The return of the songbird to the Central Valley is a prime example of
how the Endangered Species Act works.
DENlines is
a biweekly update of Defenders of Wildlife, a leading national
conservation organization recognized as one of the nation's most
progressive advocates for wildlife and its habitat. It is known for its
effective leadership on endangered species issues, particularly
predators such as brown bears and gray wolves. Defenders also advocates
new approaches to wildlife conservation that protect species before
they become endangered. Founded in 1947, Defenders is a nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization with more than 480,000 members and supporters.
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