Tag: defenders of wildlife

The Endangered Species Act may be in trouble – but that doesn’t mean we’re sitting on our paws doing nothing. Listen to our Vice President of Government Relations explain what attacks on the ESA mean for animals, the environment, and us.

https://defenders.org/ambassadors

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The Endangered Species Act is America’s most effective law for protecting imperiled wildlife. Nearly all species listed under the ESA, including the Bald Eagle and Black-Footed ferret, have been saved from disappearing forever and hundreds more are on the path to recovery. Yet anti-wildlife members in Congress … Continue

The Bog Turtle(Glyptemys muhlenbergii) is North America’s smallest turtle. It’s listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because its habitat is rapidly disappearing and remaining patches are fragmented by roads and other infrastructure.

https://defenders.org/wildlife/bog-turtle

What does it mean to be bear smart? Join Rockies & Plains Senior Representative, Erin Edge, to find out!

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Bear smart – basically the idea is to have information to the public that’s readily accessible, that helps people understand what it is, what it means to live with bears on your landscape. And so, with a lot of new people moving to the West, and also with just people that have lived here for a long time in bear populations, expanding into areas they haven’t been in a … Continue