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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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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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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
Montana Begins Developing Blueprint for Bison Restoration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 11, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0288 Montana Begins Developing Blueprint for Bison Restoration HELENA, Mont. – Montana
Disastrous House Interior Appropriations Bill Attacks Protections for Gray Wolf, Sage Grouse
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2015 Contact: Haley McKey, hmckey@defenders.org, 202-772-0247 Bill also blocks tougher restrictions on smuggled ivory and weakens habitat protections for bats
BLM Approves Massive Energy Project at Expense of Environment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org , 202-772-0253 BLM Approves Massive Energy Project at Expense of Environment Soda Mountain destructive, not
Bureau of Land Management Approves First Projects within Nevada Solar Energy Zone
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202-772-0253 Bureau of Land Management Approves First Projects within Nevada Solar Energy Zone Solar Energy
Confirmed: Gray Wolf Shot and Killed in Kremmling, Colorado
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2015 Contact: Haley Mckey, hmckey@defenders.org, (202)-772-0247 Confirmed: Gray Wolf Shot and Killed in Kremmling, Colorado DENVER, Colo. – Wildlife biologists
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