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December 13, 2010
BOZEMAN, Mont.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined today that wolverines warrant protection under the federal Endangered Species Act but that those protections will be withheld indefinitely due to the backlog of other species awaiting an official listing.
December 9, 2010
Banking polar bear DNA, supplemental feedings and bear-resistant food storage are among measures that could be key to preserving polar bears for future generations, according to a new report by Defenders of Wildlife.
December 1, 2010
Obama administration officials announced this afternoon that they will not allow offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as part of the next five-year drilling plan
November 30, 2010
More than 100,000 people asked the Obama administration to stick to its commitment to science-based decision making and redo a court-ordered environmental analysis of impacts from proposed drilling in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea.
November 29, 2010
Seattle, WA –Conservation and fishing groups today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle challenging the continued failure of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect West Coast salmon and steelhead from toxic pesticides.
November 29, 2010
Defenders of Wildlife is proud to have been selected as a candidate charity in Members Project, a partnership between American Express and TakePart.
November 24, 2010
The Department of the Interior today announced it will protect more than 187,000 square miles of onshore barrier islands, denning areas and offshore sea ice as critical habitat.
November 16, 2010
After a record-breaking year for wildlife at Cape Hatteras National Seashore and visitor occupancy in Dare County, NC, conservation groups are studying the Final Environmental Impact Statement released yesterday by the National Park Service as its latest step in the process of establishing rules for managing beach driving within the seashore.
November 12, 2010
Silver City, N.M. – Today, the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife – represented by the Western Environmental Law Center – are intervening against a lawsuit that seeks the trapping and shooting of endangered Mexican gray wolves, the third since reintroduction began in 1998.
November 11, 2010
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) yesterday released its Candidate Notice of Review, the annual list of plants and animals being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). There are now 251 species recognized by the USFWS as candidates for listing under the ESA. Many candidates, such as the red knot, Kittlitz’s murrelet and New England cottontail have remained under consideration for years without being approved for federal protection.