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(2/8) Trump’s budget slashes NOAA by 27%, threatens species monitoring, and guts marine mammal protection. These cuts aren’t just numbers—they’re life-or-death in our oceans. wwmt.com/news/local/t...
(3/8) Trump admin calls for leasing over 400,000 acres of public land for oil, gas, and mining. That’s habitat destruction on land that should protect wildlife—not threaten it. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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(4/8) The Trump admin wants to slash the budget and overload the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service—stripping marine protections from experts and setting endangered species up to fail. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
(5/8) Trump’s budget wipes out $307M for bee and plant tracking—leaving 4,000+ native bee species unmonitored. That’s not just pollinator loss. That’s ecosystem collapse in the making. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
(6/8) BUT THERE’S REASON FOR HOPE. When scientists & the public spoke out about crashing shark populations in the 80s, the government acted. Shark biomass rose 150%. We’ve done it before. We can do it again. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
(6/8) BUT THERE’S REASON FOR HOPE. When scientists & the public spoke out about crashing shark populations in the 80s, the government acted. Shark biomass rose 150%. We’ve done it before. We can do it again. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
(7/8) We KNOW pressure works! Another (iconic) example - In the 60s, bald eagles were nearly gone. Then the people fought back. DDT was banned. Now? 71,000 eagles and counting. NEVER underestimate public pressure. www.ochabitats.org/post/bald-ea...