National Park Service Restores Protection for Predators in Alaska National Preserves
July 01, 2024
July 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release:
"The 2020 rule was an unconscionable abdication of responsibility by the Park Service," said Nicole Whittington-Evans, senior director of Alaska programs for Defenders of Wildlife. "This rule reconfirms that managing predators to scarcity in the name of boosting ungulate populations is inconsistent with the Park Service's mission to conserve natural wildlife fluc . . .
"The 2020 rule was an unconscionable abdication of responsibility by the Park Service," said Nicole Whittington-Evans, senior director of Alaska programs for Defenders of Wildlife. "This rule reconfirms that managing predators to scarcity in the name of boosting ungulate populations is inconsistent with the Park Service's mission to conserve natural wildlife fluc . . .