Defenders of Wildlife - Endangered Species Act

Take Action for Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Send a message to the National Marine Fisheries Service and help ensure that loggerheads get the protection they need under the Endangered Species Act.
Help Stop the Federal Wolf Killing Plan
Speak out against the outrageous Wildlife Services plan to expand their wolf-killing role in Idaho by killing entire packs from the air and gassing wolf pups in their dens.
Judge Lamberth's Order in Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al. and Defenders of Wildlife et al.
Judge Lamberth's Order in Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al. and Defenders of Wildlife et al.
Judge Lamberth's Opinion in Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al. and Defenders of Wildlife et al.
Judge Lamberth's Opinion in Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al. and Defenders of Wildlife et al.
Court victory greets returning plovers
A federal judge today ruled in favor of designating critical habitat areas for the wintering piping plover in North Carolina in compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Defenders of Wildlife and the National Audubon Society, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, intervened in the case on behalf of the Interior Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.