Explore Defenders' efforts to promote human-wildlife coexistence with sea otters along the California coast. In California, we work to conserve giant garter snakes, California condors, Sonoran pronghorn, whales, sea otters, gray wolves, salmon, San Joaquin kit fox and more.

Mar 5, 2024 · Conservation groups petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission today to protect five imperiled populations of the western burrowing owl under the California Endangered Species Act. The petition seeks endangered status for burrowing owls in southwestern California, central-western California and the San Francisco Bay Area, and threatened ...

Jul 20, 2022 · Hispanic Access Foundation and Defenders of Wildlife have teamed up to advocate for a new Western Riverside National Wildlife Refuge in southern California, which would provide access to a rapidly-disappearing natural landscape for some 12 million people within 25 miles of the area, as well as vital habitat for many vulnerable species of plants ...

Dec 3, 2024 · A recent article in the Los Angles Times documents that there are now at least 70 wolves in California in nine packs. Most of the parks are located in northern California, but at least one pack is found in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Bakersfield.

Jan 26, 2025 · Trump said that protections for a tiny endangered fish species called the delta smelt are impeding firefighters' abilities to battle the blaze because of water diversion, but that claim is false.

Nov 16, 2023 · A new program that increases protections for wildlife corridors throughout Southern California’s Ventura County has prevailed after a three-judge panel agreed with the county and conservationists and found that the wildlife protections were lawful.

Southern California Chapter of The Wildlife Society. ... Many, many thanks to Defenders of Wildlife (especially Jeff Aardahl), the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee, and the Desert Tortoise Council (Ed LaRue and Dr. Kristin Berry) for preparing this petition.” Michael Tuma, PhD, Board Member, Desert Tortoise Council “We have to recognize ...

Oct 1, 2024 · The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) are kicking off this new water year by cancelling the fall flow protection for Delta Smelt — once one of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s most common fish …

Lead poisoning is the number one cause of death in critically endangered wild California condors and dozens of other wildlife species impacted by the harmful – and even lethal – effects of this toxic substance. It was incredibly satisfying to work on this ambitious campaign with our conservation allies and see it through to completion.

Apr 26, 2018 · Defenders is working closely with the Desert and Mountains Conservation Authority, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Transition Habitat Conservancy and similar land trusts in...