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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.

Press Releases

Montanans Support Pallid Sturgeon over Dam in New Poll

Montana voters support removing the Intake Diversion Dam on the Yellowstone River and replacing it with a pump alternative, according to a recent poll conducted by Tulchin Research.

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Borderlands Moth in Arizona

Contact: Rebecca Bullis, Defenders of Wildlife, rbullis@defenders.org , 202-772-0295 Brian Segee, Center for Biological Diversity, bsegee@biologicaldiversity.org , 805-750-8852 WASHINGTON (May 4, 2018) – Defenders of
Washington, DC

Trump Administration’s Greater-sage Grouse Plans Disaster for Species, West

Bureau of Land Management state offices posted draft revisions to the National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy today, proposing scads of new provisions that would undermine

U.S. Forest Service Moves Backwards on Old-Growth Logging

Today the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Prince of Wales Landscape Level Analysis project , proposing massive
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close up of Red Wolf walking in Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

Fish and Wildlife Service Status Review Shows Red Wolf is in Crisis

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released its Species Status Assessment (SSA) and five-year review for the critically endangered Red Wolf. Red wolves
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