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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
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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

Defenders Report: Trouble for Sage-grouse in Wyoming

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Defenders Report: Trouble for Sage-grouse in Wyoming Wyoming sage-grouse strategy inadequate to protect the

House appropriations bill would cripple national conservation programs, sentence key species to extinction

Washington(July 9, 2014) –– Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies passed the 2015 appropriations bill for the

Amended Nevada-California Forest Plan for Imperiled Grouse Released

For Immediate Release July 7, 2014 Contact: Erik Molvar, WildEarth Guardians, (307) 399-7910 Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0253 Amended Nevada-California Forest Plan for

Hammerhead Sharks Get Needed Federal Protections

July 3, 2014 CONTACT: Melanie Gade: Mgade@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0288 Jay Tutchton: jtutchton@defenders.org cell (720) 301-3843 Hammerhead Sharks Get Needed Federal Protections: First Time in

Defenders of Wildlife: Interior department still needs clear objectives for bison conservation

Washington (June 30, 2014) — The Department of the Interior today released a report outlining its plans to work with state, local and tribal interests
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