Press Release: President Bush to Consider New Ocean National Monuments, Could Create World’s Largest Protected Area

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photos and video available – See End of Release Contact : Katharine Burnham , 202/572-3335, kburnham@edf.org ( Washington D.C. – August 25, 2008) President Bush today took a critical step towards establishing an unprecedented ocean conservation legacy. In a memo sent to cabinet secretaries, the president proposed designating [...]

Press Release: As Katrina Anniversary Looms, South Louisianans Say Coastal Erosion is More Serious Concern than Crime, Economy

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sharyn Stein, Environmental Defense Fund, 202 -572-3396 , sstein@edf.org Maura Wood, National Wildlife Federation, 225-205-2804, woodm@nwf.org Bruce Reid, National Audubon Society, 601-661-6189, breid@audubon.org (Baton Rouge, LA – August 21, 2008) – A new poll released a week before the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (August 29, 2005) shows [...]

Press Release: Local Groundwater Managers at Critical Planning Point for Trinity Aquifer

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Marbury, Environmental Defense Fund, 512-691-3430-w Media Contact: Laura Williamson, Environmental Defense Fund, 512.691.3447-w or 512.828.1690-c or lwilliamson@edf.org (AUSTIN, TX – Aug. 19, 2008) The Trinity Aquifer faces devastating depletion unless local groundwater managers plan conservatively for growing population and development demands. Groundwater management area 9 (GMA [...]

Press Release: Gulf Council Decision Praised by Fishermen and Environmental Group

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Vishwanie Maharaj, Environmental Defense Fund, 512.496.3646-c Glen Brooks, Gulf Fisherman’s Association, 941.920.7302-c Media Contact: Laura Williamson, Environmental Defense Fund, 512.691.3447-w or 512.828.1690-c or lwilliamson@edf.org (Austin, TX – August 19, 2008) The Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council (Council) recently approved a new management program for commercially caught grouper and [...]

Press Release: National fisheries expert joins Environmental Defense Fund

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Williamson, Environmental Defense Fund, 512.691.3447-w or 512.828.1690-c or lwilliamson@edf.org (Austin, TX – Aug. 15, 2008) Dave McKinney has joined Environmental Defense Fund as the Senior Conservation Manager for the Gulf of Mexico region. He will help lead efforts to advance incentive-based fisheries management in the [...]

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