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Rooted in Resilience: Sea Otter Awareness Week Returns for its 24th Year
Sea Otter Awareness Week is sponsored and organized by Defenders of Wildlife, Sea Otter Savvy, California State Parks, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Elakha Alliance and The Marine Mammal Center. Learn more about sea otters during Sea Otter Awareness Week at upcoming in-person and virtual events in California and Oregon.
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On “Day Zero” for American Wildlife, Groups Across U.S. Denounce the Trump Administration's Attack on Endangered Species’ Habitat
Today, the Trump administration’s unprecedented move to strip imperiled species of protections for the places where they live went into effect.
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State of Montana Moves to Drop Yellowstone Bison Suit Ahead of NPS Analysis
The state of Montana today moved to dismiss its lawsuit over Yellowstone National Park’s science-based bison management plan.
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Tribes Begin Five-Year Swift Fox Reintroduction at Fort Belknap
After an absence of more than 50 years, the swift fox has returned to the grasslands of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. From September 12 to 20, the Assiniboine (Nakoda) and Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) Tribes of Fort Belknap released 27 swift foxes in collaboration with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Defenders of Wildlife and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), kickstarting a five-year swift fox reintroduction program.
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Senate Hearing to Examine Amendments to Endangered Species Act
Jamie Rappaport Clark, Former president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works today at
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Wyden, Manchin, Cantwell Introduce Legislation to Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today introduced legislation to help prevent the blistering and destructive infernos destroying homes, businesses and livelihoods and becoming all too common as the climate crisis grows.
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Defenders of Wildlife Puts U.S. Forest Service on Notice for Bad Forest Plan
Defenders of Wildlife notified the U.S. Forest Service today that they will be filing a lawsuit over the agency’s failure to protect the Canada lynx
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Idaho Documents Reveal Weeks-old Wolf Pups Among 570 Maimed, Slaughtered Wolves
As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that the removal of wolves from Endangered Species Act protection nation-wide is “very imminent,” new
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