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2022.11.10 - Landscape - Carson National Forest - New Mexico - DOW
Washington, DC

Defenders Joins One Hundred Groups Supporting Establishment of National Interagency Seed and Restoration Center

Defenders of Wildlife and more than one hundred other organizations and businesses today sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning thanking them for their leadership promoting native plants in ecological restoration and for their commitment to establish a National Interagency Seed and Restoration Center.
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Mojave Desert Tortoise
St. George, UT

Federal Agencies Release Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on a Highway Right-of-Way Through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area

Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to reconsider a
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Washington, D.C.

Defenders of Wildlife Announces Andrew Bowman as Next President and CEO

Defenders of Wildlife today announced the selection of Andrew Bowman as its new president and CEO. Bowman brings more than 25 years of conservation and non-profit management experience to Defenders.

Press Releases

Wildlife management in Alaska: Predators role in a healthy ecosystem

Bob Dreher, our senior vice president of conservation programs, spoke on BBC World News about federal land and wildlife management in Alaska. Click below to

Trump’s Executive Order on Infrastructure Puts Communities and Wildlife at Risk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (August 15, 2017) – Today, President Trump announced an Executive Order on infrastructure that is expected

Public Comment Period for Marine Protected Areas Ends

WASHINGTON (August 15, 2017) ­– The public comment period for a Department of Commerce review of 11 marine national monuments and national marine sanctuaries closes

Secretary Zinke Calls for Changes to Sage-Grouse Plans

WASHINGTON (Aug. 7, 2017) -- The Department of the Interior issued new direction to federal agencies today to revise current federal sage-grouse conservation plans to

Oregon Authorizes Killing of Harl Butte Wolves

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife authorized the lethal removal of two wolves from the Harl Butte Pack in Wallowa County, Oregon. The pack
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