The National Park Service finalized a regulation that abdicates the agency's responsibility to manage wildlife in Alaska's ...

The wildlife you love can’t vote, but you can. You care about the animals, lands and waters that surround you. Conservation is an important public policy issue, and elected officials at every level of ...

This blog post presents an op-ed published in the Colorado Sun, written by Defenders of Wildlife’s Stefan Ekernas, opposing Colorado’s Amendment 83 and warning that its vague “traditional methods” ...

In the face of challenging headwinds, Defenders of Wildlife continues to advocate for critical funding and vital programs that save vulnerable ecosystems. And over the past year, our efforts have ...

We are on the verge of a 6th Mass Extinction, with species being lost at up to 1,000 times faster than normal because of human activities. The United States recognized the risk early, with Congress ...

Unrelenting pressure from some commercial and political interests continue to threaten landmark conservation laws, like the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Migratory Bird Treaty ...

The North American Rocky Mountains are often referred to as the spine of the continent. Ranging from Alaska to Mexico, much of this impressive landscape is under public ownership, managed by federal ...

The Sagebrush Sea is the seemingly endless sagebrush grasslands that cover the yawning basins and the broad plateaus of the Intermountain West. While often portrayed as a barren and dusty desert, ...

From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters, communities take root in the land and in water. We live, work, laugh and grow alongside our human and animal neighbors alike. We may not know their ...

This blog was written by Defenders of Wildlife Southeast Stanback Fellow Sally Watanabe. The mature forests of the Appalachian Mountains slope into watersheds where North America’s largest amphibian — ...

Defenders of Wildlife and numerous partners are working toward a sea otter reintroduction to expand the animal’s currently limited range and restore its role as a keystone species in degraded coastal ...

In advance of a public meeting on proposed land exchanges on Cumberland Island National Seashore, Defenders of Wildlife called on the National Park Service to remedy a host of management issues facing ...