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A gray wolf stand and peers at the remote camera. The grass is green and there is a forest of pines behind the wolf.
Sacramento

Gov. Newsom Signs Landmark Legislation Creating California Wildlife Coexistence Program

Governor Gavin Newsom today signed into law Senate Bill 1135, establishing the California Wildlife Coexistence Program within the Department of Fish and Wildlife to better
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Northern Spotted Owl in Tree
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Defenders Expands Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Assault on Endangered Species Act

Defenders of Wildlife today filed an amended complaint challenging the Trump administration’s escalating effort to dismantle longstanding protections for threatened and endangered wildlife under the Endangered Species Act.
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Salt Marsh - Cumberland Island
ST. MARYS, GEORGIA

NPS Land Swaps and Visitor Plan Open the Door to Devastating Impacts at Cumberland Island

In advance of a public hearing on proposed land exchanges on Cumberland Island National Seashore, Defenders of Wildlife called on the National Park Service to remedy a host of management issues facing one of the largest undeveloped barrier islands on the East Coast.

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Green Sea Turtle
Washington, DC

Defenders of Wildlife Joins OneLessStraw Campaign

Defenders of Wildlife joins hundreds of nonprofit organizations and businesses to combat plastic pollution by becoming a partner in the OneLessStraw Campaign. This movement is a commitment to reducing the consumption of single-use plastic straws, one of the most common items polluting our oceans.

Proposed Transmission Line Avoids Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Last week, the Bureau of Land Management announced a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Ten West Link energy transmission project. Statement by

Forest Ecology, Wildlife Experts to Farm Bill Conferees: Reject the House Farm Bill

Today 16 leading experts in forest ecology and management, including esteemed professors Norman Christensen of Duke University and Jerry Franklin of the University of Washington
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Border wall comparison Matt Clark/Defenders

Petition Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Border Wall Decision

Three conservation groups filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court today asking for a review of a federal court ruling that allowed the Trump

Department of Agriculture Proposes New Solutions to Protect Forests

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators announced a new strategy for improving wildfire management across the nation’s forestlands today
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