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Hawksbill sea turtle by NOAA/Caroline S. Rogers
Washington, DC

Defenders Statement on Biden Administration’s Final Endangered Species Act Regulations

The Biden administration today released final Endangered Species Act regulations that restore several core components of the bedrock conservation law that the previous administration sought to undercut. Defenders of Wildlife, which pursued legal challenges to the 2019 regulations, expressed both appreciation and concern with the newly released regulations.
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Students, parents and faculty from FernLeaf Community Charter School remove invasive plants and plant new growth along the bank of Cane Creek in Fletcher, N.C.
Fletcher, N.C.

Shade Your Stream Program Plants New Life Along North Carolina Creek

The banks of Cane Creek came alive Friday with hard work — much of it by small, determined hands. Students of the FernLeaf Community School
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Johanna Grasso

Defenders Secures Win for Polar Bears in Alaska's North Slope

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finding that oil and gas activities in Alaska pose

Press Releases

Record of Decision on Yellowstone River Dam and Fish Bypass a Record of Failure for Pallid Sturgeon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2016 MEDIA CONTACTS: Steve Forrest: Defenders of Wildlife, (720) 943-0456, sforrest@defenders.org Josh Mogerman, 312-651-7909, jmogerman@NRDC.org DENVER – Defenders of Wildlife

Planning 2.0: New Planning Rule Released for National System of Public Lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Catalina Tresky, (202) 772-0253 or ctresky@defenders.org Planning 2.0: New Planning Rule Released for National System of Public Lands WASHINGTON (December

Imperiled Birds Face Multiple Threats, From Climate Change to Fossil Fuel Extraction

For Immediate Release, November 29, 2016 Contacts: Bethany Cotton, WildEarth Guardians, (406) 414-7227, bcotton@wildearthguardians.org Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495, ngreenwald@biologicaldiversity.org Jason Rylander

Rule Updates Inadequate Oil and Gas Drilling Regulations on National Wildlife Refuges

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Jennifer Witherspoon, (202) 772-0269 or jwitherspoon@defenders.org Rule Updates Inadequate Oil and Gas Drilling Regulations on National Wildlife Refuges WASHINGTON (November

New Regulation to Guide Renewable Energy Development on Public Lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Catalina Tresky, (202) 772-0253 or ctresky@defenders.org New Regulation to Guide Renewable Energy Development on Public Lands WASHINGTON (November 10, 2016)
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