Defenders of WildlifeOpinion

Senate Permitting Deal Threatens Bedrock Endangered Species Protections

Defenders of Wildlife today strongly condemned Endangered Species Act provisions reportedly included in a Senate permitting ...
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BLM Prepares Illegal Move to Open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge to Oil & Gas, a Dangerous Precedent for Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife is calling on BLM to withdrawal an unprecedented proposal to open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in ...
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Defenders Expands Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Assault on Endangered Species Act

Defenders of Wildlife today filed an amended complaint challenging the Trump administration’s escalating effort to dismantle ...
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A Much-Needed Win for Wildlife: Senate Introduces Bill to Improve Endangered Species Act Implementation

Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Pete Rickets (R-NE) today introduced the Improving Species Recovery Act, an important bipartisan bill that would improve implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Enough is Enough: Senate Blocks Yet Another Attempt to Prioritize Drilling in the Arctic

The Senate today blocked an attempt to pass S. 5438, introduced by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK). The bill would have ratified ...
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Gov. Newsom Signs Landmark Legislation Creating California Wildlife Coexistence Program

Governor Gavin Newsom today signed into law Senate Bill 1135, establishing the California Wildlife Coexistence Program within ...
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The Data Center Boom is Upon Us, What Will it Mean for Water-Dwelling Animals?

Throughout the country, massive data centers are rapidly being built to fuel the growth of artificial intelligence and our ever-increasing digital lives. But this spike in data center development does ...
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Keats Conley

Keats joined Defenders in 2025 as a Senior Policy and Planning Specialist focused on National Forests and Grasslands. She works to protect wildlife, habitats, and biodiversity through policy, land use ...
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Texas Hill Country

The Texas Hill Country region is located atop the Edwards Plateau in the heart of central Texas. The region contains one of the most rapidly growing urban corridors in the United States, stretching ...
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Defenders Celebrates U.S. Appeals Court Ruling to Protect Imperiled Sea Turtles from Drowning in Fishing Nets

“This decision maintains a vital lifeline for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, the smallest and most endangered sea turtle species worldwide, for which Louisiana’s waters are key foraging habitat. Tow-time ...
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Greater Everglades

Known as the “river of grass,” the Greater Everglades Ecosystem encompasses 18,000 square miles from the Kissimmee Prairie near Orlando to Florida Bay at the southern tip of Florida. This expansive ...
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CCI FY2021 Accomplishments Infographic

Each year, CCI carries out an end-of-year evaluation of our past year’s work and builds on that to develop the coming (fiscal) year work plan. One product of this year’s evaluation was an infographic ...