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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
Environmental community lays out funding priorities for FY2013
WASHINGTON (February 10, 2012) - Today, numerous environmental groups released the Green Budget, which highlights highlights the environmental and conservation communities’ Fiscal Year 2013 National
Statement from conservation groups on CHAPA lawsuit against rules for responsible beach driving in Cape Hatteras National Seashore
CHAPEL HILL, NC (February 10, 2012) - The following is a statement from Audubon North Carolina, Defenders of Wildlife and the Southern Environmental Law Center
Court overturns Bush regulations that ignored wildlife impacts
Ruling restores vital role of wildlife experts in forest fire planning WASHINGTON (Feb. 7, 2012) – The U.S. District Court of D.C. struck down Bush
Mexican gray wolves gained ground in 2011
Defenders of Wildlife urges for more wolf releases TUCSON, Ariz. (February 3, 2012) - The following is a statement from Eva Sargent, Defenders of Wildlife's
House Republican leaders try again to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for Big Oil
Transportation funding bill is the latest vehicle to cater to Big Oil Summary: Republican leaders of the House Natural Resources Committee today did the bidding
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