Tag: defenders of wildlife

What Is Safe Passage?

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Join Defenders Ben Prater and Tracy Davids to find out just what safe passage means for the wildlife of North Carolina! “Safe Passage: The I-40 Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Crossing Project” is a collaborative of 20+ local, state, tribal, and federal agencies who believe it’s possible to balance the needs of native wildlife with the ever-growing human population in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.

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We’re traveling along Interstate 40 and we’re … Continue

Map Chats: Sagebrush Sea

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Check out the first episode of our new series “Map Chats” – where our Center for Conservation Innovation Mappers host a quick chat with our experts about our latest maps! This episode features Laura and Vera discussing our newest map, “Protecting the Disappearing Sagebrush Sea”.

Learn more at https://defenders.org/wild-places/sagebrush-sea

Video Transcript:
[Laura] Hi, mappers. I’m Laura Nunes from CCI here at Defenders of Wildlife.


We just published a new story map on the … Continue

Celebrating 50 Years Of The Endangered Species Act On C-SPAN

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Last week, Defenders of Wildlife Conservation Research and Innovation Vice President Dr. Lindsay Rosa talked about the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal.

Watch the full interview here:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?532466-5/lindsay-rosa-50th-anniversary-endangered-species-act

Why You Should Care: Biodiversity

Defenders Of Wildlife

Why Should You Care about Biodiversity? Because we all need biodiversity. Leading scientists are increasingly sounding the alarm about the biodiversity crisis which threatens the extinction of nearly a million species in the coming decades. Visit defenders.org/biodiversity to read our new report learn more.

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Do you need clean water? Breathable air? Food to eat?

Then you need biodiversity!

But our biodiversity is in jeopardy and our wildlife faces serious challenges.

99% of species listed under the Endangered Species Act are threatened by at least one of the five drivers of the global biodiversity crisis:

  1. Land
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Defenders: A Day In The Life – Surveying For Bears In Montana

Defenders Of Wildlife

Follow along with Russ and his dog Gypsy, as they install and monitor three of the 104 sites dedicated to surveying for Grizzly Bears in the southwest Montana ecosystem in 2023. Learn more:

https://defenders.org/wildlife/grizzly-bear

Video Transcript:

(May)

I’m Russ Talmo at Defenders of Wildlife and our Rockies and Plains region out of Missoula, Montana. This is Gypsy dog. She’s joining me today. We are out in the field embarking on the third year of the southwest Montana Grizzly Bear DNA project. This is a project where we are partnered directly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, … Continue