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Prairie Dog's Monumental Move, The Doctor is In

: Defenders of Wildlife

Act Now for the Great Outdoors

Millions of Americans will flock to the great outdoors this vacation season and enjoy the millions of acres of wildlife refuges, national parks and other public lands across the country.

But how can we work together to make sure these special places will be around for future generations to enjoy?

The Obama administration is looking for your ideas through the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative. This important program will help shape how we protect and conserve some of our most precious public lands -- but officials need to hear from you now.

Take action: Urge the Obama administration to implement an integrated national strategy to protect our great outdoor spaces -- and the wildlife that depends on them to survive.

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Victory for Wolves!

Last week, a federal judge restored federal protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies.

This hard-fought victory would not have been possible without the hundreds of thousands of Defenders activists like you who wrote federal and state officials, attended hearings and supported our legal fight and on-the-ground work financially. Thank you so much for making this victory for wolves happen!

Learn more about this victory and the challenges ahead for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies

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Move Along, Little Doggies!

Defenders’ Rocky Mountain Representative Jonathan Proctor is spending a few weeks helping some friends move -- hundreds of them.

It’s all part of an unprecedented prairie dog relocation in Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland to keep these critters out of harm’s way.

Learn more about the prairie dog relocation

Other Wins for Wildlife
CLEAR Victory for Wildlife The House of Representatives took a landmark step toward reforming dirty drilling and protecting wildlife by passing the CLEAR Act last week. More than 35,000 Defenders supporters called on their representatives to pass this important legislation. >> Learn More
Judge Halts Chukchi Sea Lease Activities A federal court has stopped activities under a 2008 oil and gas lease in key polar bear habitat. While the ruling is a short-term victory for polar bears and other wildlife in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, Royal Dutch Shell and others continue to push for harmful exploration and drilling in this sensitive habitat. >>Learn More
New Frog Species Discovered Conservationists with the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation (PARC) Project have discovered three potential new species of frogs. Defenders is a key member of the PARC Project and committed to increased protection for struggling frogs and amphibians around the world. >>Learn More

Defending Wildlife

The Doctor is In

Defenders’ Chief Scientist Chris Haney -- a veteran of the Exxon Valdez oil spill clean-up effort -- is back from a tour of duty in the Gulf of Mexico where he is leading an effort to assess the impacts of the oil disaster on offshore marine birds.