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Washington, DC

Colorado Releases Wolverine Reintroduction Plan, Defenders Stands Ready to Support

Colorado Parks and Wildlife today released a landmark plan to reintroduce wolverines to the state’s high country regions, some of the best remaining habitat in
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right whale
Orlando, Fla.

Court Urged to Uphold Ship Strike Protections for North Atlantic Right Whales

Conservation groups today filed a friend of the court brief expressing support for a federal vessel speed limit rule to protect critically endangered North Atlantic
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Ocelot
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Fish and Wildlife Service Misguided in Rescinding Vital Strategic Growth Policy for the National Wildlife Refuge System

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service quietly rescinded its Refuge System Strategic Growth Policy in December, bypassing the legally required public comment period for such a change, despite having issued the policy with an accompanying public comment period in 2014.

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New Management Plan for Yellowstone Bison Could Stop Annual Slaughter and Expand Areas to Roam

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2014 Contact: Steve Forrest; sforest@defenders.org ; 406 581-2663 New Management Plan for Yellowstone Bison Could Stop Annual Slaughter and Expand

Mexican gray wolves: 16 Years and Still Struggling

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202.772.0253, csexton@defenders.org Mexican gray wolves: 16 Years and Still Struggling On 16 th anniversary of reintroduction, fate of lobos

Threatened Listing for Lesser Prairie Chicken Riddled with Disturbing Loopholes

Long overdue listing diminished by untested exemptions that undermine recovery Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202.772.0288, csexton@defenders.org WASHINGTON (March 27, 2014) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

“Wolf Control Board” Signed into Law: Green Lights Unsustainable Wolf Killing in Idaho

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2014 Contact: Nancy Gloman; NGloman@defenders.org; 202-281-9542 “Wolf Control Board” Signed into Law: Green Lights Unsustainable Wolf Killing in Idaho BOISE

Wolf Advocates Bring Strong Opposition to Tonight’s Idaho Fish and Game’s Hearing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2014 Contact: Suzanne Stone, Defenders of Wildlife; sstone@defenders.org; (208) 861-4655 BOISE, Idaho – This evening, wildlife and wilderness advocates from
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