Tag: defenders of wildlife

In honor of National Wildlife Refuge Week, watch Christian Hunt’s acceptance speech on behalf of the Okefenokee Protection Alliance.

Defenders recently took the stage in Washington, DC to receive the National Wildlife Refuge Association’s Refuge of the Year award on behalf of the Okefenokee Protection Alliance, which combines the efforts of more than 40 organizations against mining in and around Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

“Over the last six years, our partners have shared one goal: Safeguarding the refuge and the wildlife that call it home,” said Christian Hunt, senior policy … Continue

Join Jay Petrequin to hear the wildlife news from September 2024.

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Critical habitat for Florida manatees. Highs and lows for Colorado Wolves. And short-sighted attacks on essential acts.

I’m Jay Petrequin and this is your Wildlife News for September 2024. Good news coming from Florida where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a revised plan that would protect nearly 2 million acres of critical habitat for the Florida Manatee. The proposed rule highlights the importance of natural warm-water sites and ample seagrass to forage – especially in the … Continue

Join Amanda, our foundation & corporate relations director, at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology in Vancouver, Canada where two representatives from our Center for Conservation Innovation present, workshop, and share science on the Endangered Species and and biodiversity conservation.

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I am here in lovely Vancouver, Canada this week attending the North American Congress
for Conservation Biology.

This is an amazing opportunity from scientists from the U.S., Canada and other places to come together and share their knowledge about wildlife conservation and coexistence, among other topics.

I’m … Continue