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Defenders Offers Reward for Information on Sea Otter Poaching
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed that a federally protected sea otter was illegally tortured and killed in February 2025. Both FWS and Defenders
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Assault on Endangered Species Protections Continues with New Bill to Delist Gray Wolves
Defenders of Wildlife is sounding the alarm over the latest congressional attack on gray wolves following the introduction of the Pacific Northwest Gray Wolves Relief
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Amendment to Exempt Defense Activity from the ESA Soundly Defeated
Defenders of Wildlife applauds the members of the House of Representatives who voted down a repeat amendment to H.R. 3838, the National Defense Authorization Act
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Feds Proceed with Dam Construction on Yellowstone River, Putting Last Wild Population of Ancient “Dinosaur” Fish at Risk
The Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced they will build a concrete dam across the lower Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana. The dam will cause irreparable harm to the nation’s largest wild population of endangered pallid sturgeon, an ancient fish species with ancestors dating back to the time of dinosaurs, living in the upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers as well as several other fish species using the lower Yellowstone
Forest Service Moves to Permit Bulldozing for Dirty Coal in Colorado Roadless Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2015 Contacts Ted Zukoski, Earthjustice, 303-996-9622 Nathaniel Shoaff, Sierra Club, 415-977-5610 Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, 303-437-7663 Taylor McKinnon, Center for
Fish and Wildlife Service Gives Free Pass on Failed Conservation Deadline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2015 Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202.772.0253, csexton@defenders.org Fish and Wildlife Service Gives Free Pass on Failed Conservation Deadline Western Association of
Senator Harry Reid Announces Retirement
Champion for Wildlife and Wild Places FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2015 Contact: Jared Saylor 202-772-0355 WASHINGTON–Nevada Senator Harry Reid, a longtime champion of America’s
Senate Budget Resolution Replete With Attacks on the Environment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (March 27, 2015) Contact: Haley McKey, (202)-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org WASHINGTON– The United States Senate has passed a budget resolution which included toxic anti-environmental
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