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Defenders Receives Advocacy Organization of the Year Award
Defenders of Wildlife joined its partners in the Safe Passage coalition today to accept the Advocacy Organization of the Year Award at the 2026 Sweethearts
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Defenders Raises Alarm Over Administration’s Proposal to Amend Rule Protecting North Atlantic Right Whales From Deadly Vessel Strikes
Defenders of Wildlife is devastated to learn that a three-year-old female North Atlantic right whale was found dead off Virginia on February 10, 2026. This
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Defenders Stands Against Rejection of Bison Grazing Lands
Defenders of Wildlife is joining conservation group American Prairie in protesting a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management to revoke a decision allowing bison
Press Releases
Recycled Water to Provide a Boost for San Joaquin Valley Waterbirds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2016 Media Contact: Garrison Frost, gfrost@audubon.org, (415) 644-4604 Catalina Tresky, ctresky@defenders.org, (202) 772-0253 Jeff Volberg, jvolberg@calwaterfowl.org, (916) 217 5117 Recycled
Court sides with wild salmon and communities; Feds’ Columbia/Snake river salmon plan again found illegal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 5, 2016 Contact: Dr. Deborah Giles, Center for Whale Research: (916) 531-1516 Kimiko Martinez, Natural Resources Defense Council: (310) 434-2344
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Defense Spending Bill is Burdened Once Again with Unrelated Anti-Wildlife Riders
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee included several destructive riders for wildlife in the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), annual legislation that authorizes military funding. The NDAA legislation has nothing to do with wildlife management.
Local Citizens Monitor Elusive Wildlife, Wolverines
MULTIMEDIA RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Date: April 27, 2016 Local Citizens Monitor Elusive Wildlife, Wolverines Free for use multi-media and b-roll clips
Court Settlement Provides Hope for Mexican Gray Wolves
NEWS RELEASE: April 26, 2016 Contacts: Rebecca Bowe, Earthjustice, 415-217-2093, rbowe@earthjustice.org Steve Parker, Endangered Wolf Center, 636-938-5900, sparker@endangeredwolfcenter.org Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575)
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