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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
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

Newsom Signs Bill to Save Native Species from Federal Protections Rollbacks

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into state law Assembly Bill 1319, which was sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife and authored by Assemblymember Nick Schultz (D-Burbank), which

Press Releases

New Poll Reveals Widespread Public Support for Sage-Grouse Protections Across the West

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2014 Contact: William Lutz, wlutz@defenders.org, 202-772-0269 WASHINGTON – A new poll conducted by Tulchin Research for Defenders of Wildlife found

Defenders hails passage of Water and Land Conservation Amendment in Florida

Washington, D.C. (November 5, 2014) – Florida voters have passed the Water and Land Conservation Amendment to the state Constitution, a measure that designates billions

Conservationists turn to the Courts to Battle Mining in Patagonia on behalf of Imperiled Wildlife and Local Residents

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Wendy Russell, wendy@patagoniaalliance.org, 520-477-2308 Conservationists turn to the Courts to Battle Mining in Patagonia

Defenders of Wildlife Takes Feds to Court for Not Protecting Wolverines

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: October 14, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Defenders of Wildlife Takes Feds to Court for Not Protecting Wolverines WASHINGTON

Seven Years of Success Protecting 30,000 Sheep in Idaho’s Wolf Territory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: October 10, 2014 Contact: Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; (208) 861-4655 Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Seven Years of Success Protecting 30,000 Sheep
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