Tag: defenders of wildlife

Follow along with our Texas representative, Azalia Rodriguez, and partners as they monitor for the endangered Golden-Cheeked Warbler before it migrates south for the winter. Learn more at:

https://defenders.org/wildlife/golden-cheeked-warbler

Video Transcript:

Hi. I’m Azalia Rodriguez, Texas representative for Defenders of Wildlife. And today we’re out here at Balcones Canyonlands Preserve in Austin, Texas. I’m with forest ecologists and a senior biologist. And we’re doing a walkabout and potentially observing and monitoring some Golden-Cheeked Warblers.

Named for the bright yellow markings on the bird’s head, the Golden-Cheeked Warbler is a neotropical migratory songbird. It breeds and raises its young in the … Continue

Join Cherie Wasoff, our Director of Philanthropy, and our partner Hispanic Access Foundation in celebrating Latino Conservation Week and the introduction of legislation to establish the Western Riverside National Wildlife Refuge in one of the fastest growing counties in the nation – southern California’s Riverside County.

If enacted, this refuge would provide access to nature for millions of Californians in the densely populated area, protecting thousands of acres for iconic wildlife species, dozens of which are threatened or endangered, and conserving habitat connectivity.  

Footage by: CBCOM

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Cherie Wasoff:

One of the reasons it’s … Continue

Ben Prater, our Southeast Program Director, explains how partnering with private landowners is helping to protect the third largest salamander in the world – the Eastern Hellbender.

Learn more: https://defenders.org/wildlife/hellbender

Footage by: @Running Wild Media

Video Transcript:

Today we are here in the home of one of the most amazing creatures that I have the privilege of working on and that’s the Eastern Hellbender.

It’s the third largest salamander in the world and the epicenter of its global population is right here in Western North Carolina.

In fact, they have persisted in these watersheds for over 65 million years, and … Continue