Recent Publications and Documents


Garbage Tag: Don't invite bears into your backyard 

05/05/2008 | Author(s): Safe Neighborhoods - Wild Bears
Description: Door hanger letting Anchorage residents know about a pilot project to provide bear-resistant garbage carts.

Letter Opposing Oil and Gas Exploration in Bristol Bay 

05/01/2008 | Author(s): Trustees for Alaska
Description: May 1 2008 letter in which Defenders and other conservation groups detail our opposition to oil and gas exploration in Bristol Bay.

Legal Complaint re: Mexican Wolf 

04/30/2008 | Author(s): Brian Segee
Description: Lawsuit complaint in case to bring Mexican gray wolf reintroduction program back to control of FWS and end indiscriminate removal of wolves from the wild.

Motion for preliminary injunction re: Northern Rockies Gray Wolf Delisting 

04/28/2008 | Author(s): Earth Justice
Description: Legal brief requesting a preliminary injunction to reinstate federal protections for the gray wolf in the northern Rockies.

Comments on 2008 Lynx Critical Habitat Proposal 

04/28/2008 | Author(s): David Galliard
Description: Comments by Defenders of Wildlife on the 2008 lynx critical habitat proposal from FWS.

PAW Act Cosponsor List 

04/23/2008 | Author(s): Defenders of Wildlife
Description: A list of all the known cosponsors of the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act, H.R. 3663. Updated regularly.

Map of Secretary Chertoff's waiver of laws along the U.S.-Mexico border 

04/23/2008 | Author(s): Defenders of Wildlife
Description: Map of Secretary Chertoff's waiver of laws along the U.S.-Mexico border

Congress Members' Amicus Brief: DHS Waiver Challenge 

04/17/2008 | Author(s): Alan Untereiner
Description: Friend-of-the-court brief filed on behalf of 14 members of Congress supporting Defenders of Wildlife and Sierra Club's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.