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2021.11.26 - A small herd of caribou in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - Alaska - Katrina Liebich-UWFWS.jpeg
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

DOI Trades Away Alaskan Refuges, Sells Out Public Lands

The Trump administration dealt a blow to the National Wildlife Refuge System by removing protections from the Arctic and Izembek National Wildlife Refuges. During what
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Bison in field
Wolf Point, Mont.

Proposed Biodiversity Credit Pilot Program a First for Tribes, Healthy Grasslands

A new conservation pilot program will offer industry leaders the opportunity to contribute to the return of bison to tribal lands, which will in turn
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Southern Sea Otter on its Back with Tag on its Foot
Olympia, WA

Defenders Offers Reward for Information on Sea Otter Poaching

The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed that a federally protected sea otter was illegally tortured and killed in February 2025. Both FWS and Defenders

Press Releases

Recommended Route for Western Transmission Line Another Blow for Sage-Grouse

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202.772.0253 Recommended Route for Western Transmission Line Another Blow for Sage-Grouse “TransWest” line would impact

Court Throws Out Industry Challenge to 2012 Forestry Rules

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2015 Contacts: Joseph Vaile, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, 541-488-5789, joseph@kswild.org Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-525-5087, brown@westernlaw.org Trent W

First Washington Wolf Goes West

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 30, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0288 First Washington Wolf Goes West SEATTLE – The first gray wolf

House Armed Forces Committee Passes Anti-Sage-Grouse Language in Defense Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202.772.0253 House Armed Forces Committee Passes Anti-Sage-Grouse Language in Defense Bill Rep. Tsongas’ laudable attempt

House Proposal Could Wipe Out Sage-Grouse Across Much of the West

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202.772.0253 Virginia Cramer, Virginia.cramer@sierraclub.org, 804.519.8449 Elizabeth Heyd, eheyd@nrdc.org , 202.289.2424 House Proposal Could Wipe Out
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