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Defenders Joins Over 100 Conservation Groups Opposing Wilderness Rollbacks
The public was forced to navigate five separate comment processes across three federal agencies as the Department of the Interior launched a sweeping review of longstanding policies protecting millions of acres of America’s wildest public lands.
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Defenders-Sponsored Bill to Help Fund Sea Otter Conservation Heads to Governor for Signature
The California state legislature today voted to re-establish the California Sea Otter Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, providing residents with the opportunity to directly support this iconic animal.
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Bipartisan Bill Promotes Nonlethal Solutions to Decrease Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Defenders of Wildlife commends the leadership of Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Steven Daines (R-MT) for introducing S.5234, the Human-Wildlife Conflict Reduction Act, which would promote the use of nonlethal solutions to reduce human-wildlife conflicts, including those between predators and livestock and harm caused by wildlife to human infrastructure.
Press Releases
Wildlife Haven or Oil Field?
The battle to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from Big Oil begins anew. Click below to read the full story from Defenders Magazine Spring
El financiamiento del muro fronterizo amenaza la vida silvestre y las comunidades
SANTA FE (23 de mayo de 2017) - El gobierno de Trump publicó el día hoy su presupuesto para el año fiscal del 2018 que
Proposed border wall funding threatens wildlife, communities
SANTA FE (May 23, 2017) – The Trump administration released its FY 2018 budget proposal today, which includes funding for an expansion of the U.S.-Mexico
President's budget sells out America's wildlife and wild places
WASHINGTON (May 23, 2017) – President Trump has released the administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. Contrary to its title, “A New Foundation for
Deputy Secretary nominee no friend to wildlife
WASHINGTON (May 18, 2017) – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing to consider the nomination of David Bernhardt for Deputy
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