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big bear lake
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Defenders Joins Over 100 Conservation Groups Opposing Wilderness Rollbacks

The public was forced to navigate five separate comment processes across three federal agencies as the Department of the Interior launched a sweeping review of longstanding policies protecting millions of acres of America’s wildest public lands.
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Sea Otter
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

Defenders-Sponsored Bill to Help Fund Sea Otter Conservation Heads to Governor for Signature

The California state legislature today voted to re-establish the California Sea Otter Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, providing residents with the opportunity to directly support this iconic animal.
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North American beaver
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Bipartisan Bill Promotes Nonlethal Solutions to Decrease Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Defenders of Wildlife commends the leadership of Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Steven Daines (R-MT) for introducing S.5234, the Human-Wildlife Conflict Reduction Act, which would promote the use of nonlethal solutions to reduce human-wildlife conflicts, including those between predators and livestock and harm caused by wildlife to human infrastructure.

Press Releases

Senators Portman and Brown Champion Bi-partisan Conservation in Senate by Honoring Passenger Pigeon Extinction Anniversary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Senators Portman and Brown Champion Bi-partisan Conservation in Senate by Honoring Passenger Pigeon

Blaine County Says No More Wolf Killing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 16, 2014 Contact: Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; (208) 861-4655 Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Blaine County Says No More Wolf Killing

Sharks and Mantas Gain Needed Protections Under CITES

New International Trade Regulations In Effect WASHINGTON – Five species of sharks and two manta ray species will officially be listed today, as a result

Litigation Reins In Misguided Army Corps Program to Cut Trees from Levees

For Immediate Release September 11, 2014 Contact: Bob Wright, Friends of the River, (916) 442-3155 x207 Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 499-9185 Kim

Coalition to Sue Fish and Wildlife Service for Failure to Produce Mandatory Recovery Plan for Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2014 Contact: Virginia Busch, Endangered Wolf Center; vbusch@endangeredwolfcenter.org Maggie Howell, Wolf Conservation Center; Maggie@nywolf.org, (914) 763-2373 David R. Parsons; ellobodave@comcast.net
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