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sea otter eye contact, CA
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

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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CA Mountains
SACRAMENTO, CA

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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Tongass Nat'l Forest
WASHINGTON, D.C.

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

Terrible Interior Budget Bill Filled with Extinction Riders Advances in House

Contact: Haley McKey hmckey@defenders.org 202-772-0247 Terrible Interior Budget Bill Filled with Extinction Riders Advances in House WASHINGTON (July 13, 2016) ­– Today, the U.S. House

North Carolina State Legislative Committee Calls for Killing Red Wolf Recovery Program

Fewer than 50 Red Wolves remain in the wild Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org RALEIGH, N.C. (Thursday, June 23, 2016)– The House Natural Resources Committee

House Committee on Appropriations Doubles Down with More Attacks on #ESA, #Wildlife

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 15, 2016)­– The House Appropriations Committee has marked up the FY 2017 bill to fund

Senate Subcommittee Appropriations Bill full of Anti-Wildlife Poison Pill Riders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247 Email: hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON (June 14, 2016) – Today, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies

Court Grants the State of New Mexico Preliminary Injunction on Mexican Gray Wolf Releases

June 10, 2016 Contact: Catalina Tresky (202) 772-0253, ctresky@defenders.org Court Grants the State of New Mexico Preliminary Injunction on Mexican Gray Wolf Releases United States
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