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Rooted in Resilience: Sea Otter Awareness Week Returns for its 24th Year
Sea Otter Awareness Week is sponsored and organized by Defenders of Wildlife, Sea Otter Savvy, California State Parks, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Elakha Alliance and The Marine Mammal Center. Learn more about sea otters during Sea Otter Awareness Week at upcoming in-person and virtual events in California and Oregon.
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On “Day Zero” for American Wildlife, Groups Across U.S. Denounce the Trump Administration's Attack on Endangered Species’ Habitat
Today, the Trump administration’s unprecedented move to strip imperiled species of protections for the places where they live went into effect.
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State of Montana Moves to Drop Yellowstone Bison Suit Ahead of NPS Analysis
The state of Montana today moved to dismiss its lawsuit over Yellowstone National Park’s science-based bison management plan.
Press Releases
Zinke Proposes to Monumentally Sell Out American Public, Wildlife and Wild Lands
WASHINGTON – Major news outlets last night publicized a memorandum by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke that recommends downsizing some national monuments and marine
Washington Post: Trump Administration Secretly Pushing Illegal Oil Exploration in the Arctic Refuge
WASHINGTON – The Washington Post reported today that the Trump administration is secretly taking the first steps towards opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to
Mexican Gray Wolf Lethally Removed from the Wild
SANTA FE (Sept. 15, 2017) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced today that for the first time in over a decade, a
Conservation Groups Challenge Border Wall Construction in San Diego, Imperial Valley
Media contacts: Catalina Tresky, Defenders of Wildlife, ctresky@defenders.org, (202) 772-0253 Courtney Bourgoin, Sierra Club, courtney.bourgoin@sierraclub.org, (202) 495-3022 Animal Legal Defense Fund, media@aldf.org WASHINGTON (Sept. 14
SHARE Act Anything but Generous Towards Wildlife
Today the House Natural Resources Committee voted to advance H.R. 3668, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, to the House floor. The bill
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