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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
Historic threats must be addressed to delist Yellowstone grizzly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melanie Gade, mgade@defenders.org (202)772-0288 Date: March 3, 2016 Historic threats must be addressed to delist Yellowstone grizzly MISSOULA, Mont. – Defenders
Pressure mounts on Governor Brown to veto anti-wolf bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 3, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Pressure mounts on Governor Brown to veto anti-wolf bill SALEM, Ore. --
After a two decade delay, California’s giant garter snake to receive a recovery plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2016 Contact: Catalina Tresky; (202) 772-0253, ctresky@defenders.org After a two decade delay, California’s giant garter snake to receive a recovery
Oregon’s wolf population rises while livestock-wolf conflicts decline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 1, 2016 Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Oregon’s wolf population rises while livestock-wolf conflicts decline SALEM, Ore. – Oregon’s
House Sportsmen’s Bill Passes Riddled with Toxic Anti-Wildlife Provisions
WASHINGTON (Friday, February 26, 2016) – Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2406, the so-called “Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2015.”
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