The wildlife you love can’t vote, but you can. You care about the animals, lands and waters that surround you. Conservation is an important public policy issue, and elected officials at every level of ...

In the face of challenging headwinds, Defenders of Wildlife continues to advocate for critical funding and vital programs that save vulnerable ecosystems. And over the past year, our efforts have ...

Unrelenting pressure from some commercial and political interests continue to threaten landmark conservation laws, like the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Migratory Bird Treaty ...

This blog post presents an op-ed published in the Colorado Sun, written by Defenders of Wildlife’s Stefan Ekernas, opposing Colorado’s Amendment 83 and warning that its vague “traditional methods” ...

We are on the verge of a 6th Mass Extinction, with species being lost at up to 1,000 times faster than normal because of human activities. The United States recognized the risk early, with Congress ...

The North American Rocky Mountains are often referred to as the spine of the continent. Ranging from Alaska to Mexico, much of this impressive landscape is under public ownership, managed by federal ...

The Sagebrush Sea is the seemingly endless sagebrush grasslands that cover the yawning basins and the broad plateaus of the Intermountain West. While often portrayed as a barren and dusty desert, ...

Keats joined Defenders in 2025 as a Senior Policy and Planning Specialist focused on National Forests and Grasslands. She works to protect wildlife, habitats, and biodiversity through policy, land use ...

This blog was written by Defenders of Wildlife Southeast Stanback Fellow Sally Watanabe. The mature forests of the Appalachian Mountains slope into watersheds where North America’s largest amphibian — ...

Defenders of Wildlife is calling on BLM to withdrawal an unprecedented proposal to open Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in ...

Achieving ambitious goals to conserve at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 will require a multiscale baseline understanding of current protections, key decisionmakers, and policy tools for ...

In advance of a public meeting on proposed land exchanges on Cumberland Island National Seashore, Defenders of Wildlife called on the National Park Service to remedy a host of management issues facing ...