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Fisheries Commission Adopts Short-Term Protections for Delaware Bay Ecosystem
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission today set a two-year pause on the bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, declining to adopt
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DOI Trades Away Alaskan Refuges, Sells Out Public Lands
The Trump administration dealt a blow to the National Wildlife Refuge System by removing protections from the Arctic and Izembek National Wildlife Refuges. During what
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Proposed Biodiversity Credit Pilot Program a First for Tribes, Healthy Grasslands
A new conservation pilot program will offer industry leaders the opportunity to contribute to the return of bison to tribal lands, which will in turn
Press Releases
Senators Portman’s and Brown’s Resolution Honoring Passenger Pigeon Extinction Anniversary Passes Senate with Unanimous Consent
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 December 17, 2014 Senators Portman’s and Brown’s Resolution Honoring Passenger Pigeon Extinction Anniversary Passes Senate with
Omnibus Appropriations Rider Brings More Grief for Imperiled Sage-grouse
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton; 202.772.0253, csexton@defenders.org Omnibus Appropriations Rider Brings More Grief for Imperiled Sage-grouse WASHINGTON—Today the House and Senate
Red Knot Shorebird Listed as Threatened by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington, D.C. (December 9, 2014)–– American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Defenders of Wildlife, and the Natural Resources Defense Council welcomed today’s decision by the U.S. Fish
Conservationists Ask Forest Service to Deny Commercial Predator Killing Contest on Its Land in Idaho
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; 208-861-4655 Bryan Hurlbutt: bhurlbutt@advocateswest.org; (208) 342-7024 x206 Conservationists Ask Forest
Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Endangered Species Protection to Arizona’s Pygmy Owls
For Immediate Release December 2, 2014 Contacts: Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495 Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0253, csexton@defenders.org Lawsuit Challenges
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