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2016.06.27 - Landscape of Selkirk Mountains - Idaho Panhandle National Forest - Idaho - Jon Knechtel
Washington, D.C.

Defenders Slams Trump Interior Pick Burgum

Trump made known that he intends to nominate North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior, giving authority of the nation’s public lands, wildlife and natural resources to a leading advocate of oil and gas drilling.
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2010.10.28 - Caribou Grazing in Front of Mountains - Alaska - Colin Arisman.jpg
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

Defenders Opposes Proposed Illegal Land Exchange in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Conservation groups are outraged today by a Department of the Interior’s proposal released today to trade away congressionally-designated wilderness lands within the Izembek National Wildlife
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Florida Panther
Tallahassee, FL

Florida Passes Ill-Conceived Amendment 2, Wildlife Conflict Could Ensue

Florida voters yesterday affirmed Amendment 2 to the state’s constitution, a wholly unnecessary amendment disguised as an effort to preserve the right to fishing and

Press Releases

California Wavering on Protection for Gray Wolves Under State Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife: csexton@defenders.org; 202-772-0253 California Wavering on Protection for Gray Wolves Under State Law VENTURA

Conservation groups challenge limited protections for lesser prairie-chicken

Defenders of Wildlife * WildEarth Guardians * Center for Biological Diversity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2014 Contact: Jason Rylander, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3245

Victory for Wild Bison in Montana

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2014 Contact information: Timothy Preso, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Jonathan Proctor, Defenders of Wildlife, (406) 214-5327 Garrit Voggesser, Tribal Partnerships Director

House Majority Aims to Dismantle Endangered Species Act with Piecemeal Approach

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April, 8, 2014 Contacts: Kari Birdseye, Earthjustice, (415) 217-2098 Derek Goldman, Endangered Species Coalition, (406) 721-3218 Virginia Cramer, Sierra Club, (804) 225-9113

Nearly 500,000 More Americans Speak Out Against Federal Plan to Strip Wolves of Protections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2013 Contact: Leda Huta, Endangered Species Coalition, (202) 320-6467 Melanie Gade, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0288 Kierán Suckling, Center for
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