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Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation to Help Fund Sea Otter Conservation
Gov. Newsom signed into law the California Sea Otter Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund. Defenders of Wildlife was the sole sponsor of the bill.
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California Legislature Sends Landmark Wildlife Coexistence Bill to Governor
The California state legislature today passed with bipartisan support a landmark bill to re-establish the statewide Wildlife Coexistence Program within the Department of Fish and Wildlife, which will better manage and reduce human-wildlife conflict through non-lethal and proactive strategies.
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Defenders Joins Recreation, Conservation Groups to Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback
The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a process to significantly revise its Travel Management Rule, which guides where motorized vehicles are and are not allowed on almost 200 million acres of national forests and grasslands
Press Releases
Emergency Protections Sought for Imperiled Lesser Prairie Chicken
New Science Shows Key Populations are in Imminent Danger of Extinction Contact: Erik Molvar, WildEarth Guardians, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@wildearthguardians.org Jason Rylander, Defenders of Wildlife, (202)
Defenders of Wildlife Sounds Alarm on Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Witherspoon, jwitherspoon@defenders.org (202)772-0269 Date: September 6, 2016 Washington – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reopened the public
Defenders Encouraged by Efforts of Fish and Wildlife Service to Address ESA Backlog
Media Contact: Jared Saylor: choffman@defenders.org or 202 772 3255 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2016 Defenders Encouraged by Efforts of Fish and Wildlife Service to
State and Feds Agree to Protect the Salton Sea
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Garrison Frost, Audubon California, (415) 644-4604, gfrost@audubon.org Marta Stoepker, (313) 977-0054, Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign 313.977.0054 Catalina Tresky, Defenders of
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New Poll Reveals Statewide Support for Red Wolf Recovery in North Carolina
Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org New Poll Reveals Statewide Support for Red Wolf Recovery in North Carolina WASHINGTON (August 30, 2016) – A strong majority
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