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ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

Defenders Signs onto Letter Demanding Release of Female Mexican Gray Wolf

Thirty-six conservation groups representing millions of members and supporters from across the United States today sent a formal letter to the U.S. Department of the
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Washington, DC

New Bill Would Gut Marine Mammal Protections

Rep. Nicholas Begich (R-AK) introduced a draft bill today that would eviscerate the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the sole federal law protecting marine mammals in
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Mojave Desert Tortoise
Washington, D.C.

Trump Administration Guts Public Comments for Federal Projects

The Trump administration has gutted the National Environmental Policy Act by restricting the public’s ability to participate in government decision-making and understand how our tax dollars are being spent.

Press Releases

Omnibus Appropriations Rider Brings More Grief for Imperiled Sage-grouse

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton; 202.772.0253, csexton@defenders.org Omnibus Appropriations Rider Brings More Grief for Imperiled Sage-grouse WASHINGTON—Today the House and Senate

Red Knot Shorebird Listed as Threatened by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Washington, D.C. (December 9, 2014)–– American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Defenders of Wildlife, and the Natural Resources Defense Council welcomed today’s decision by the U.S. Fish

Conservationists Ask Forest Service to Deny Commercial Predator Killing Contest on Its Land in Idaho

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; 208-861-4655 Bryan Hurlbutt: bhurlbutt@advocateswest.org; (208) 342-7024 x206 Conservationists Ask Forest

Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Endangered Species Protection to Arizona’s Pygmy Owls

For Immediate Release December 2, 2014 Contacts: Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495 Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0253, csexton@defenders.org Lawsuit Challenges

Federal Agency Rescinds Approval for Idaho Predator Derby after Mounting Opposition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2014 Contact: Shawn Cantrell: scantrell@defenders.org ; (206) 508-5475 Bryan Hurlbutt: bhurlbutt@advocateswest.org; (208) 342-7024 ext. 206 Federal Agency Rescinds Approval for
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