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Unwelcome (Human) Neighbors: Sprawl and Wildlife
Issue Paper: A policy paper detailing how roads and sprawling neighborhoods are replacing pristine wildlife habitats at an alarming pace, putting the survival and reproduction of plants and animals at risk.

Underwater Parks Protected areas in the oceans are as spectacular -- and important -- as national parks on land Overview: For more than a century, America has been protecting its most vital and beloved landscapes as national parks. But the fish, coral reefs and kelp forests of our oceans receive almost none of these protections, despite growing threats to marine life.
End Commercial Whaling Renegade whale hunting threatens the survival of endangered species around the world News: Whales are still being killed across the world's oceans -- despite an international ban on commercial whaling -- by countries that exploit loopholes and label their hunts as "scientific research."
Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar NRDC takes the U.S. military to court to save marine mammals from underwater noise News: NRDC has been fighting for more than a decade for prudent safeguards that would protect whales and other marine mammals from military sonar exercises -- eventually taking the fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Give Swordfish a Break Conservation campaign helped restore North Atlantic swordfish and provided an example for future efforts. News: After a two-and-a-half-year campaign led by NRDC and SeaWeb to restore swordfish populations in the north Atlantic, the federal government in August 2000 announced measures to protect juvenile north Atlantic swordfish from fishing.