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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.

Video Transcript:

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