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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

New Poll Shows Strong Support for the Endangered Species Act in Montana

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2015 Defenders of Wildlife: Melanie Gade – (202) 772-0288; mgade@defenders.org Earthjustice: Maggie Caldwell – (415) 217-2084; mcaldwell@earthjustice.org New Poll Shows

New Poll Shows Strong Support for the Endangered Species Act in Indiana

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2015 Defenders of Wildlife: Melanie Gade – (202) 772-0288; mgade@defenders.org Earthjustice: Maggie Caldwell – (415) 217-2084; mcaldwell@earthjustice.org New Poll Shows

New Poll Shows Strong Support for the Endangered Species Act in Colorado

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2015 Defenders of Wildlife: Melanie Gade – (202) 772-0288; mgade@defenders.org Earthjustice: Maggie Caldwell – (415) 217-2084; mcaldwell@earthjustice.org New Poll Shows

New Poll Shows Strong Support for the Endangered Species Act in Missouri

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2015 Defenders of Wildlife: Melanie Gade – (202) 772-0288; mgade@defenders.org Earthjustice: Maggie Caldwell – (415) 217-2084; mcaldwell@earthjustice.org New Poll Shows

Congressman Grijalva Leads 91 Members of Congress in Telling Administration to “Veto Extinction”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Congressman Grijalva Leads 91 Members of Congress in Telling Administration to “Veto Extinction”
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