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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

Murkowski Meddling Again: Alaska senator still pushing for costly, destructive road

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, csexton@defenders.org, 202.772.0253 Murkowski Meddling Again: Alaska senator still pushing for costly, destructive road WASHINGTON— Today Senator

Public meetings on North Cascades grizzly bears announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 13, 2015 Contact: Chase Gunnell, Conservation Northwest: 206.465.8591 | chase@conservationnw.org Kati Schmidt, National Parks Conservation Association: 415.847.1768 | kschmidt@npca.org Melanie

2014 Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers are Up, but Recovery is Still a Long Way Off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, 609.709.3717, csexton@defenders.org 2014 Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers are Up, but Recovery is Still a Long Way

New Bill Would Take Bison Management Away From Biologists and Hand it to Politicians

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 12, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 New Bill Would Take Bison Management Away From Biologists and Hand it

Congress Pushes Plans to Remove Federal Protections for Wyoming and Great Lakes Wolves

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 12, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Congress Pushes Plans to Remove Federal Protections for Wyoming and Great Lakes
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