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Endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus), Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
Washington, D.C.

Defenders Responds to Redefinition of Harm Under ESA

Andrew Bowman, Defenders of Wildlife President and CEO, today released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s notice that it intends to rescind the regulatory definition of “Harm” under the Endangered Species Act:
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California Condor Take Off - Big Sur - California
Washington, D.C.

Defenders Intervenes to Protect Biden ESA Regulations

Defenders today filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed in federal court in the District of Columbia that challenges the Biden administration’s 2024 Endangered Species Act regulations.
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gray wolf
Salem, OR

Oregon Releases 2024 Annual Wolf Report

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife today issued its 2024 gray wolf annual report, announcing an increase in the wolf population for a new

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Oregon’s Gray Wolf Population Remains Stable

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2014 Suzanne Stone, Defenders of Wildlife; sstone@defenders.org; (208) 861-4655 Salem, Ore. – The number of endangered gray wolves living in

Independent Peer Reviewers Reject Fish and Wildlife Service’s Gray Wolf Delisting Proposal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade, Defenders of Wildlife, mgade@defenders.org; 202-772-0288 WASHINGTON – Panel members of the independent scientific peer review committee

Feds to propose abandoning gray wolf recovery across most of the United States

Future of wolves in California, Pacific Northwest, Southern Rockies and Northeast would be in jeopardy WASHINGTON (April 26, 2013) – The Los Angeles Times reports
Washington, DC

Great Lakes wolves successfully recovered under Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will be removing federal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes, including parts
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Gray Wolf

More than 145,000 speak out against corporate sponsored wolf killing contests

More than 145,000 sign petition telling Cabela's and Sportsman's Warehouse to end their sponsorship of unsportsmanlike "predator derbies".
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