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Current Actions

Defenders' community of activists is a powerful advocate for the protection of wildlife and wild places. Take an action below and join the fight!

Most actions are open to all U.S. residents. We will indicate if an action is open to international activists or is restricted to residents of a particular state or region.


Take Action for the Marten and Our Public Lands

Urge your Representative cosponsor the America's Wildlife Heritage Act (H.R. 2807) and help us protect our public lands and the vital habitat that they provide for our martens and other wildlife.

Speak Out for Our Bats

Urge your Representative and Senators to help fight a disease that has killed nearly one million bats…and is still spreading.

Help Protect Michigan's Wolves!

Deadline: 08/31/2009
MI Residents Only - Urge the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to protect wolves.

Save U.S. Jaguars and Other Borderlands Wildlife

Write your Representative today and ask him or her to support legislation that secures our border and protects our wildlife.

Join Jeff Corwin to Help Save Wildlife from Global Warming

Join Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin in the fight to protect wildlife threatened by global warming.

Urge Obama to Protect Wolves

Urge President Obama to maintain protections for wolves in the Northern Rockies.

Will Your Representative Help Sea Otters?

Ask your Representative to help sea otter recovery by cosponsoring the Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act (H.R. 556).

Tell Governor Palin to End Aerial Hunting of Wolves

Urge Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to end aerial killing of wolves.

Speak Out for Yellowstone Bison!

Write to the Montana Promotion Division -- the state's tourism officials -- and speak out for sensible wildlife management of these American icons!
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Speak Out Against The Slaughter of Yellowstone Bison

MT residents only - Write to Montana's Governor and speak out for sensible wildlife management of these American icons!
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Support a National Wolf Recovery Plan

Help ensure a lasting future for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies and provide a needed boost for wolf recovery and management efforts in the Southwest, Northeast and Pacific Northwest.

AZ & NM Residents: Speak Up for Southwest Wolves!

AZ & NM Residents Only - Southwest wolves are struggling to survive: the latest population count confirms only 4 breeding pairs, and 52 wolves total, in the wild! Urge your members of Congress to support sensible, science-based management of struggling Southwest wolves

Speak Up for Southwest Wolves!

Southwest wolves are struggling to survive: the latest population count confirms only 4 breeding pairs, and 52 wolves total, in the wild! Sign the petition to support sensible, science-based management of struggling Southwest wolves