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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle is on his way home after being released from a cold-stun rehab center.
New Orleans, LA

Defenders Celebrates U.S. Appeals Court Ruling to Protect Imperiled Sea Turtles from Drowning in Fishing Nets

A federal appeals court upheld the rule requiring shrimp trawling vessels to use turtle excluder devices so that sea turtles can avoid getting caught in nets.
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pale gray north atlantic right whale swimming in dark blue ocean with an entangled string wrapped around the top of its head and seen underneath it's lower body
Washington, DC

House Gambles with Survival for North Atlantic Right Whales in Latest Vote to Delay Protections

The House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 9436, a bill that will delay conservation protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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 Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - Izembek Volcanoe
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

District Court Okays Bulldozing a Road to the Doorstep of Izembek Wilderness

A federal district court in Alaska today allowed construction to begin on a 2.8-mile road segment on KCC lands to connect to a 10.5-mile road within Izembek.

Press Releases

Coalition Releases Comprehensive Recommendations to Help California’s Cities, Farms and Environment Weather the Drought

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kimiko Martinez, Natural Resources Defense Council, 310-434-2344 / kmartinez@nrdc.org Rachel Zwillinger, Defenders of Wildlife , 415-686-2233, rzwillinger@defenders.org Gary Bobker, The Bay Institute

Conservation Groups Offer $15,000 Reward After Endangered Wolf Killed in Washington

SEATTLE--- Conservation groups are offering up to a $15,000 reward for information leading to conviction of those responsible for the illegal killing of the breeding

Governor Bullock’s Plan to Break the Gridlock on Montana’s Bison Management

BOZEMAN. Mont. – On Wednesday Governor Bullock announced a proposal that could end a decades-long stalemate over how to manage bison in Yellowstone National Park

Defenders of Wildlife to Challenge BLM’s First-ever Approval of Wolf Hunting Derby on Public Lands in Idaho

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; (208) 861-4655 Laird Lucas: llucas@advocateswest.org; (208) 342-7024 ext. 209 BOISE, Idaho – Defenders of Wildlife will ask the

Major Bison Relocation Makes Fort Peck Tribes Leaders in Bison Conservation

Poplar, Mont. – One hundred and thirty-eight wild Yellowstone bison, free of cattle genes, will reclaim their historic home on the Great Plains starting today
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