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Congress Urged to Fully Fund U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Restore Workforce
The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and more than 150 conservation groups today urged Congress to significantly increase the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s budget for endangered species conservation from $299 million to $870 million.
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¡Que vivan los lobos!
Conservationists are celebrating the historic translocation of two families of Mexican gray wolves in Durango, Mexico, almost 50 years after the last wolves were removed
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Defenders Denounces Administration's Alarming Proposed Budget Cuts to Wildlife Conservation
Defenders of Wildlife today condemned the Trump administration’s reckless FY27 budget proposal that calls on Congress to slash critical funding vital to wildlife conservation.
Press Releases
Draft House Interior Appropriations Bill Contains Hidden Attacks on Wildlife
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Haley McKey, 202-772 0247 hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (May 24, 2016)– The House Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee has released its draft FY
Defenders of Wildlife Demands Endangered Species Protection for #Bats
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Haley McKey 202-772-0247 Hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (May 12, 2016)– Defenders of Wildlife filed suit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
Too Soon to Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org (202)772-0288 Date: May 10, 2016 Too Soon to Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies MISSOULA, Mont. – Defenders of Wildlife says
Conservation groups hail new #smartfromthestart report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2016 Media Contacts: Catalina Tresky, ctresky@defenders.org, (202) 772-0253 Ethan Elkind, eelkind@law.berkeley.edu, (310) 729-0902 Shawn Dhanak, shawn.dhanak@sierraclub.org, (517) 449-0402 Helen O’Shea
Section 4(D) Rules: The peril and the promise
This white paper evaluates every section 4(d) rule issued under the Endangered Species Act through May 2016. It also describes Defenders' position on the use
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