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Washington, DC

January 15, 2026

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

Orlando, Fla.

January 14, 2026

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

WASHINGTON, D.C.

January 9, 2026

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service quietly rescinded its Refuge System Strategic Growth Policy in December, bypassing the legally required public comment period for such a change, despite having issued the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

July 23, 2015

Defenders of Wildlife Praises Washington Wildlife Agency For Prioritizing Nonlethal Wolf Management in Dealing with the Dirty Shirt Pack

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Date: July 22, 2015 Defenders of Wildlife Praises Washington Wildlife Agency For Prioritizing Nonlethal Wolf Management

July 16, 2015