A lynx in Denali National Park and Preserve watches intently.
Ken Conger/NPS

Act Now: Oppose Weakening the ESA

Black-Footed Ferret Kit
Ryan Moehring/FWS

Endangered animals are counting on you!

Gray Timber Wolves in snow
Bill Maynard

Make a Difference for Wildlife

Up to a million species are facing extinction - some within the next decade - unless we take immediate action to save them. You can be a part of the solution for endangered species: support efforts to protect the wild right now.

Our Strategy

Defenders of Wildlife is a national, non-partisan, member organization that for more than 75 years has been the leading voice for the conservation of imperiled wildlife and habitat across North America. Our team of policy, legal, science and advocacy experts work at every level from the state and federal government to the courts and in the field to transform policies and craft innovative and enduring solutions for wildlife guided by three conservation imperatives:

PREVENT species and their habitats from becoming imperiled,
PROTECT endangered and threatened species and their habitats and
RESTORE the vitality of once-vulnerable species and their habitats.

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Sleepy Brown Bear Family in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Alaska
Lisa Hupp, USFWS

Our Work & Impact

90%
of old-growth habitat removed from a proposed timber sale in Tongass National Forest after the U.S. Forest Service heeded our objections, protecting thousands of acres of habitat for wolves, bears and more.
75
years of leading efforts to protect and restore wildlife and habitat in North America. The stakes have never been higher, but our experience and expertise have prepared us to face the challenges ahead.
100+
collaboration projects to prevent conflicts with grizzly bears and wolves in the West, including range riders, electric fencing and bear-resistant garbage containers.

News

Department of the Interior building, Washington DC
Washington, D.C.

Defenders Condemns Administration's Dangerous Proposed Budget Cuts to Wildlife Conservation

Defenders of Wildlife condemns the Trump administration’s dangerous budget proposal asking Congress to cut significant resources for vital wildlife conservation.
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Wildlife & Wild Places

Bison in snow

Bison

North Dakota Prairie

Great Plains

Burrowing Owls

Owls