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sea otter eye contact, CA
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation to Help Fund Sea Otter Conservation

Gov. Newsom signed into law the California Sea Otter Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund. Defenders of Wildlife was the sole sponsor of the bill.
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CA Mountains
SACRAMENTO, CA

California Legislature Sends Landmark Wildlife Coexistence Bill to Governor

The California state legislature today passed with bipartisan support a landmark bill to re-establish the statewide Wildlife Coexistence Program within the Department of Fish and Wildlife, which will better manage and reduce human-wildlife conflict through non-lethal and proactive strategies.
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Tongass Nat'l Forest
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Defenders Joins Recreation, Conservation Groups to Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback

The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a process to significantly revise its Travel Management Rule, which guides where motorized vehicles are and are not allowed on almost 200 million acres of national forests and grasslands

Press Releases

NGOs Reveal Government Negligence is Extinguishing the Vaquita

Media contacts: Comarino | comarino@yahoo.com Greenpeace | Edith Martínez | Tel. 5687-9595 | Email: emartine@greenpeace.org Center for Biological Diversity | Tel. 6121040604 | aolivera@biologicaldiversity.org Defenders

Secretary Zinke's Monumentally Misguided Recommendations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org SECRETARY ZINKE’S MONUMENTALLY MISGUIDED RECOMMENDATIONS WASHINGTON (August 24, 2017) – Today, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke

New Mexico State Game Commission Votes to Support Draft Wolf Plan

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Aug. 24, 2017) – During its meeting today, the New Mexico State Game Commission voted to support the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s

Defenders of Wildlife National Monuments Resources

Rep. Rob Bishop's Bill to Reform the Antiquities Act (H.R. 3990) NATIONAL MONUMENTS LEAKED MEMO CHEAT SHEET Supporting Information Imperiled Wildlife Living in National Monuments

Wildlife management in Alaska: Predators role in a healthy ecosystem

Bob Dreher, our senior vice president of conservation programs, spoke on BBC World News about federal land and wildlife management in Alaska. Click below to
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