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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
Third National Climate Assessment Released
Report focuses on the domestic impacts of climate change The third National Climate Assessment (NCA) was released yesterday, and reports that climate change is taking
House Natural Resource Committee Passes Four Bills Undermining Endangered Species Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade, Defenders of Wildlife: mgade@defenders.org; 202-772-0288 House Natural Resource Committee Passes Four Bills Undermining Endangered Species Protections
California Wavering on Protection for Gray Wolves Under State Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife: csexton@defenders.org; 202-772-0253 California Wavering on Protection for Gray Wolves Under State Law VENTURA
Conservation groups challenge limited protections for lesser prairie-chicken
Defenders of Wildlife * WildEarth Guardians * Center for Biological Diversity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2014 Contact: Jason Rylander, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3245
Victory for Wild Bison in Montana
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2014 Contact information: Timothy Preso, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Jonathan Proctor, Defenders of Wildlife, (406) 214-5327 Garrit Voggesser, Tribal Partnerships Director
jcovey@defenders.org
