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Colorado Releases Wolverine Reintroduction Plan, Defenders Stands Ready to Support
Colorado Parks and Wildlife today released a landmark plan to reintroduce wolverines to the state’s high country regions, some of the best remaining habitat in
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Court Urged to Uphold Ship Strike Protections for North Atlantic Right Whales
Conservation groups today filed a friend of the court brief expressing support for a federal vessel speed limit rule to protect critically endangered North Atlantic
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Fish and Wildlife Service Misguided in Rescinding Vital Strategic Growth Policy for the National Wildlife Refuge System
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service quietly rescinded its Refuge System Strategic Growth Policy in December, bypassing the legally required public comment period for such a change, despite having issued the policy with an accompanying public comment period in 2014.
Press Releases
Senate Subcommittee Appropriations Bill full of Anti-Wildlife Poison Pill Riders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247 Email: hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 14, 2016) – Today, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
Court Grants the State of New Mexico Preliminary Injunction on Mexican Gray Wolf Releases
June 10, 2016 Contact: Catalina Tresky (202) 772-0253, ctresky@defenders.org Court Grants the State of New Mexico Preliminary Injunction on Mexican Gray Wolf Releases United States
Conservationists Intervene on Behalf of Mexican Gray Wolf Reintroduction Efforts in New Mexico
June 6, 2016 Contacts: Defenders of Wildlife: Catalina Tresky (202) 772-0253, ctresky@defenders.org Center for Biological Diversity: Michael Robinson (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org WildEarth Guardians: John Horning
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Polling shows 80% support for restoring North Cascades grizzly bears
A strong majority of Washington voters support efforts to restore grizzly bears in the North Cascades, according to a new poll conducted by Tulchin Research.
Near Total Ban on Commercial Trade in #Ivory in U.S.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247 Email: hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 2, 2016) – Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completed a final rule
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