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CA Mountains
SACRAMENTO, CA

California Legislature Sends Landmark Wildlife Coexistence Bill to Governor

The California state legislature today passed with bipartisan support a landmark bill to re-establish the statewide Wildlife Coexistence Program within the Department of Fish and Wildlife, which will better manage and reduce human-wildlife conflict through non-lethal and proactive strategies.
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Tongass Nat'l Forest
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Defenders Joins Recreation, Conservation Groups to Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback

The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a process to significantly revise its Travel Management Rule, which guides where motorized vehicles are and are not allowed on almost 200 million acres of national forests and grasslands
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Washington, DC

BLM Proposal Puts Wildlife and Public Lands at Risk, Sends Taxpayers the Bill

Defenders of Wildlife and coalition partners oppose BLM's proposed Oil & Gas Rule that will harm wildlife, weaken bonding requirements and limit public input.

Press Releases

Good, bad and ugly: Wolf bills move through Oregon legislature

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 9, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade, 202-772-0288 Good, bad and ugly: Wolf bills move through Oregon legislature SALEM, Ore. – Two

Officials persist in killing wolves in Idaho’s Clearwater National Forest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 8, 2016 Contacts: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org; 202-772-0288 Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; 208-861-4655 Officials persist in killing wolves in Idaho’s Clearwater National

Feds’ new rule will destroy needed habitat for imperiled species

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 5, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org. (202) 772-0288 Feds’ new rule will destroy needed habitat for imperiled species WASHINGTON –

Defenders hails newly proposed national wildlife refuge in the Northeast

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2016 Contact: Catalina Tresky; ctresky@defenders.org , (202) 772-0253 Defenders hails newly proposed national wildlife refuge in the Northeast U.S. Fish

Poison Pill Amendments Added to Senate Sportsmen’s Bill

Amendments impact gray wolves, United States waterways and protection of predators on national wildlife refuges in Alaska FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org
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Communications Specialist
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