Defenders of Wildlife is receiving a lot of attention for a new online video it produced about threats to Alaska’s environment. The reason? Sparring between the ad’s spokeswoman, the actress Ashley ...

Oregon lawmakers have passed a bipartisan bill which would increase the state’s lodging tax to direct new revenue to statewide conservation efforts. The 1.25% tax is expected to generate more than $30 ...

Note: I've just published an update on the wars on cats and wolves called "The Wars on Wolves, Cats, and Other Animals: It’s Time to Forever Close Down the Killing Fields." It contains numerous ...

The conservation group Defenders of Wildlife and its employees have finalized a union contract, they announced Thursday. The group’s leaders and union members lauded their new collective bargaining ...

Defenders of Wildlife (“Defenders”) announced on March 13th its release of a document titled: 2024 Conservation Report Card for the 118th Congress (“Report Card”). Defenders says the Report Card ...

Employees at the conservation group Defenders of Wildlife plan to strike Tuesday and Wednesday over disputes with management about wage increases and access to benefits, the organization’s staff union ...

Section 10 of the ESA allows for the development of Habitat Conservation Plans (“HCP”) which result in Incidental Take Permits that give exceptions to the prohibition against “take” of a listed ...

Sierra Club and the Defenders of Wildlife sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other defendants on May 20 in North Carolina Eastern District Court alleging violations of environmental ...

Some political groups are readying tough television commercials attacking the Republican vice presidential nominee, Governor Palin of Alaska, even as a robust debate takes place in Democratic circles ...

BOZEMAN — The group Defenders of Wildlife says it will contribute $100,000 over the next two years toward a new, state-run program to compensate livestock owners for losses due to wolves. The state ...