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wolverine
Washington, D.C.

House Interior Bill Attacks Crucial Protections for Imperiled Wildlife and Public Lands

Defenders of Wildlife today slammed the House Appropriations Committee’s proposed Interior and Environment spending bill for Fiscal Year 2027, which includes numerous damaging policy riders intended to weaken the Endangered Species Act and undermine protections for individual species.
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gray wolf laying in snow looking at the camera
Denver, CO

Defenders Backs Colorado, Calls on Federal Government to Push Onward with Gray Wolf Reintroduction

Defenders of Wildlife sent a comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today in response to a public request for information, urging continued
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Mike Leahy
Washington, D.C.

Defenders of Wildlife Announces Mike Leahy as New Vice President of Government Relations

Defenders of Wildlife is pleased to announce Mike Leahy as its new Vice President of Government Relations.

Press Releases

Washington, DC

STATEMENT: Conservation Groups Appeal Border Wall Waiver Decision

Today, a coalition of national conservation groups including Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club and the Animal Legal Defense Fund has appealed the decision that allows
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Royal Tern
Washington, DC

Senators to Zinke: Enforce Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and 8 of their colleagues on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works sent a

In the Shadow of the Wall

From the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border passes through regions rich in biological diversity and communities engaged in conservation
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Scientists' Call to Action: The U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Threatens Biodiversity and Binational Conservation
Washington, DC

Defenders of Wildlife Releases New Report: Impacts of a Border Wall on Wildlife, Wild Lands and Binational Conservation

Defenders of Wildlife’s new report, In the Shadow of the Wall , details the impacts to wildlife that an impenetrable border wall would have along
Tucson, AZ

Court Rejects Flawed Mexican Gray Wolf Rule

A federal judge today rejected provisions in a 2015 federal management rule that unlawfully imposed roadblocks to recovery of the endangered Mexican wolf. The rule
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