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manatee
St. Petersburg, Fl.

Florida Manatees to Receive Nearly 2 Million Acres of Revised Protected Habitat

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday proposed a revised critical habitat plan that would protect 1,904,191 acres of critical habitat for the Florida
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Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs
CHARLESTON, SC

Defenders of Wildlife Statement on Dismissal of Challenge to Cape Romain Refuge Management

Defenders of Wildlife celebrates today the dismissal of a challenge by the state of South Carolina to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s authority to
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Baby Green Sea Turtles on the beach
Washington, DC

More Than 80 Conservation Groups Call on Members of Congress To Oppose New House Bill Targeting Endangered Species Act

More than 80 conservation groups representing millions of Americans are calling on members of Congress to oppose a new bill (H.R. 9533) targeting the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The “ESA Amendments Act of 2024,” which House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) is proposing, would dramatically weaken the bedrock environmental law by decreasing protections for threatened and endangered species and rewriting key portions of it.

Press Releases

House appropriations bill would cripple national conservation programs, sentence key species to extinction

Washington(July 9, 2014) –– Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies passed the 2015 appropriations bill for the

Amended Nevada-California Forest Plan for Imperiled Grouse Released

For Immediate Release July 7, 2014 Contact: Erik Molvar, WildEarth Guardians, (307) 399-7910 Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0253 Amended Nevada-California Forest Plan for

Hammerhead Sharks Get Needed Federal Protections

July 3, 2014 CONTACT: Melanie Gade: Mgade@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0288 Jay Tutchton: jtutchton@defenders.org cell (720) 301-3843 Hammerhead Sharks Get Needed Federal Protections: First Time in

Defenders of Wildlife: Interior department still needs clear objectives for bison conservation

Washington (June 30, 2014) — The Department of the Interior today released a report outlining its plans to work with state, local and tribal interests

First federal sage-grouse plan to be finalized doesn’t fly with conservationists

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife: csexton@defenders.org; 202-772-0253 First federal sage-grouse plan to be finalized doesn’t fly with conservationists Lander Resource Management
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