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manatee
St. Petersburg, Fl.

Florida Manatees to Receive Nearly 2 Million Acres of Revised Protected Habitat

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday proposed a revised critical habitat plan that would protect 1,904,191 acres of critical habitat for the Florida
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Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs
CHARLESTON, SC

Defenders of Wildlife Statement on Dismissal of Challenge to Cape Romain Refuge Management

Defenders of Wildlife celebrates today the dismissal of a challenge by the state of South Carolina to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s authority to
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Baby Green Sea Turtles on the beach
Washington, DC

More Than 80 Conservation Groups Call on Members of Congress To Oppose New House Bill Targeting Endangered Species Act

More than 80 conservation groups representing millions of Americans are calling on members of Congress to oppose a new bill (H.R. 9533) targeting the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The “ESA Amendments Act of 2024,” which House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) is proposing, would dramatically weaken the bedrock environmental law by decreasing protections for threatened and endangered species and rewriting key portions of it.

Press Releases

Pressure mounts on Governor Brown to veto anti-wolf bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 3, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Pressure mounts on Governor Brown to veto anti-wolf bill SALEM, Ore. --

After a two decade delay, California’s giant garter snake to receive a recovery plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2016 Contact: Catalina Tresky; (202) 772-0253, ctresky@defenders.org After a two decade delay, California’s giant garter snake to receive a recovery

Oregon’s wolf population rises while livestock-wolf conflicts decline

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 1, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Oregon’s wolf population rises while livestock-wolf conflicts decline SALEM, Ore. – Oregon’s

House Sportsmen’s Bill Passes Riddled with Toxic Anti-Wildlife Provisions

WASHINGTON (Friday, February 26, 2016) – Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2406, the so-called “Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2015.”

2015 numbers on Mexican gray wolf down

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2016 Contact: Catalina Tresky; ctresky@defenders.org , (202) 772-0253 2015 numbers on Mexican gray wolf down TUSCON - Today, the Fish
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