Tag: defenders of wildlife

You might expect to see any number of wild birds and fish in a wildlife refuge – but you probably wouldn’t expect to see huge industrial-scale power lines and 20-story transmission towers.

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a globally important bird area, and it is home to endangered whooping cranes. It’s also a popular outdoor recreation spot for local communities.

Protect habitat for Whooping Cranes and other wildlife: Urge the FWS to block construction of industrial power lines and towers in the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge!

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Join Ben Prater, Southeast Program Director, and our partners in surveying for Hellbenders in Western North Carolina. Learn about new technology Defenders is deploying in the field to detect and inventory for Hellbenders and other animals. Learn more at https://dfnd.us/hellbender.

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I’m Ben Prater, Southeast program director for Defenders of Wildlife.

And today we’re here in Western North Carolina, at a beautiful hotspot for the Eastern Hellbender, one of the world’s largest salamanders, and one of the coolest salamanders we have here in the Appalachians – doing some inventories and surveys, really just to kind of help give … Continue

Wildlife crossings are a critical tool in protecting bighorn sheep, elk, mountain lions, pronghorns, Mexican gray wolves, and more. New Mexico is considering a plan to enhance wildlife movement corridors and build underpasses and overpasses that could make our roadways safer for animals and people alike.

This short film highlights three priority crossing locations: On Around Santa Ana Pueblo, in the Peloncillo Mountains near Steins, NM, and on Highway 285 near Tres Piedras, NM.

They cover two-thirds of Earth, playing a vital role in providing us with oxygen, regulating the climate and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But our oceans—and the turtles, whales, sharks and other marine life that call them home—are in trouble. If not slowed, climate change over the next few centuries could lead to marine biodiversity loss unlike anything Earth has seen in 252 million years. We still have time to protect and conserve our oceans. Defenders of Wildlife is focused on solutions and restoring and protecting the places that wildlife and people can’t live without. We must keep our … Continue

Got Grizzlies? The primary factor limiting grizzly bear recovery is human-caused mortality. We’re helping prevent these conflicts through our electric fence incentive program. Learn more about how we’re protecting people and bears at defenders.org/got-grizzlies

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Hey there. I’m Russ Talmo, with Defenders of Wildlife – program associate out of our Northern Rockies and Plains region. And today we are out here celebrating our 500th electric fence project through our electric fence incentive program. This is a real milestone and after 11 years of this program, we have helped over 500 landowners and residents build electric fences to secure … Continue