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Washington, DC

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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right whale
Orlando, Fla.

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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Ocelot
WASHINGTON, D.C.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service quietly rescinded its Refuge System Strategic Growth Policy in December, bypassing the legally required public comment period for such a change, despite having issued the policy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.

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Salmon, Steelhead, Orca in Jeopardy of Extinction by Oregon Floodplain Development

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, Defenders of Wildlife: (202)772-0288, mgade@defenders.org Date: April 14, 2016 Salmon, Steelhead, Orca in Jeopardy of Extinction by Oregon Floodplain

Pacific fisher denied #ESA protections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2016 Contact: Catalina Tresky; (202) 772-0253, ctresky@defenders.org PACIFIC FISHER DENIED #ESA PROTECTIONS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Determines Species Does

57 Groups, Municipalities Urge Ban on Rat Poisons in California Cities

For Immediate Release, April 5, 2016 Contact: Jonathan Evans, Center for Biological Diversity, (213) 598-1466 Lisa Owens-Viani, Raptors Are The Solution, (510) 292-5095 Courtney Fern

Court Agrees: Wolverines Need Federal Protection

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 4, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Court Agrees: Wolverines Need Federal Protection MISSOULA, Mont. – In response to

Defenders of Wildlife announces new Southwest director, Bryan Bird

Defenders of Wildlife announces new Southwest director, Bryan Bird Contact: Catalina Tresky, (202) 772-0253, ctresky@defenders.org Washington, DC (April 4, 2016) – Defenders of Wildlife is
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