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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

Environmental Groups Welcome Decision to End Harmful “No-Otter” Zone

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published its final decision to end southern California’s “no-otter” zone. The zone was put in place nearly

Groups Call on N.C. to Provide Reliable, Long-term Solution after Outer Banks Highway Washed Out Again

Contacts: Julie Youngman, SELC, 919-967-1450 Haley McKey, Defenders of Wildlife, 202- 772-3270 Groups Call on N.C. to Provide Reliable, Long-term Solution after Outer Banks Highway

Suit Filed Against Wyoming’s Kill‐at‐Will Wolf Policy

Removal of Federal Protection Is Hampering Recovery of Iconic Endangered Species BOZEMAN, Mont. – Conservation groups filed suit today challenging the federal government’s elimination of

Obama Win a Victory for the Environment

Washington, D.C. — Below is a statement from Defenders of Wildlife President Jamie Rappaport Clark on President Obama’s historic win and the conservation challenges ahead

Bureau of Land Management Solar Plan Guides Energy Development to Lower Conflict Areas, Challenges Remain

Washington, DC. (October 12, 2013) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today released the government’s final policy directing solar energy development on public lands. The Record
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