Taxonomy Archives: Land and Wildlife

SELC statement on proposed gas tax suspension

These should be the leading priorities for new US Fish and Wildlife Director

Conservation groups intervene in permit case to protect Tennessee’s Duck River from unchecked water withdrawals

MARSHALL COUNTY, Tenn. — Represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, The Nature Conservancy and Tennessee Wildlife Federation are intervening in a permitting case to support the state’s effo...

State-sanctioned horseshoe crab confinement threatens shorebirds

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A group of conservationists is preparing to sue the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Charles River Laboratories for penning horseshoe crabs in manmade ponds for an...

SELC statement on repeal of narrowed habitat protections under the Endangered Species Act

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Biden administration announced its proposal to rescind the Trump administration’s narrowed definition of ‘habitat’ under the Endangered Species Act.

Phillips Community Association presents SELC with Distinguished Service Award

South Carolina governor signs Disaster Relief and Resilience Act