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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
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National Park Service Identifies ‘Preferred Alternative’ to Restore Grizzly Bears to the North Cascades

The Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear coalition celebrates today as federal agencies announced their preference to bring grizzly bears back to the North

Press Releases

California State Senate Passes Groundbreaking Legislation to Require the Use of Non-Lead Ammunition in Hunting

AB 711, which will help eradicate a significant source of lead in environment, clears major legislative hurdle Sacramento (September 9, 2013)– Important legislation requiring the

DOW grants $25,000 to Montana to prevent grizzly bear conflicts

Defenders of Wildlife, Montana Livestock Loss Board double down on grizzly bear coexistence State takes over compensation payments, group invests in nonlethal conflict prevention MISSOULA

Poll Shows Residents of NM and AZ Overwhelmingly Support Restoration of Mexican Gray Wolves in the Wild

New genes, new populations, new recovery plan crucial to Mexican gray wolf survival TUCSON (September 4, 2013) – Vast majorities in both Arizona and New

FWS ignores wolf supporters in Colorado, Pacific Northwest

No public hearings on wolf delisting proposal in areas with prime habitat WASHINGTON (Sept. 4, 2013) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced

Izembek will be integral stop on Sec. Jewell’s visit to Alaska

Trip precedes final announcement on proposed “road to ruin” through the refuge WASHINGTON (August 29, 2013) – Sally Jewell makes her first trip to Alaska
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