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Defenders' community of activists is a powerful advocate for the protection of wildlife and wild places. Take an action below and join the fight!
Most actions are open to all U.S. residents. We will indicate if an action is open to international activists or is restricted to residents of a particular state or region.
Speak Out for Comprehensive Climate and Energy LegislationWrite a letter to the editor of your local paper and help spread the word about the need for clean energ y to protect wildlife. |
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Protect Wildlife Threatened by Climate Change! Write a Letter to the Editor...Write a letter to the editor of your local paper and help build support for efforts to protect wildlife threatened by climate change. |
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Demand Senate Action to Save Sea Turtles and Other WildlifeUrge your senators to pass the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Accountability Act (S. 3663) as soon as they return to Washington, DC in September. |
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Help Stop Harmful Offshore Drilling: Call the White HousePlease call the White House comment line and let the president know that you OPPOSE industrializing our coasts |
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Support Wildlife-Friendly Clean Energy!Urge your senators and representative to support the Clean Energy, Community Investment and Wildlife Conservation Act (S. 3587 and H.R. 5735). |
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Support a New Beginning for WolvesUrge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to seize this opportunity to get things right for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies by pursuing a science-based plan for long-term recovery of wolves. |
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Lobos Need Your Help to SurviveUrge federal officials to increase law enforcement resources and fast-track an effective, science-based recovery plan for struggling Southwest wolves -- the rarest wolves in the world. |
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Take Action for Loggerhead Sea TurtlesDeadline: 09/15/2010Send a message to the National Marine Fisheries Service and help ensure that loggerheads get the protection they need under the Endangered Species Act. |
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Save Sea Turtles and Polar Bears from Big OilUrge your senators to say "Yes!" to comprehensive legislation to address climate change and "No!" to more dangerous offshore drilling. |
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Help Save Millions of Migratory Birds!Urge the FCC to act on new rules to save millions of migratory birds from being killed by communications towers. |
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Tell President Obama to Reinstate the Ban on Dangerous Offshore DrillingPresident Obama has ordered a temporary moratorium on offshore drilling in new areas, but Big Oil and their political allies remain committed to industrializing our coasts... even at the cost of another ecological disaster. |
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Urge Discovery Communications to Drop Sarah Palin's New ShowSend a message to Discovery Communications calling on them to drop Sarah Palin's show from their production schedule.Latest Update |
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Take Action to Save Rare Southwest WolvesUrge U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to fast-track federal efforts to save the Mexican gray wolf from a second extinction in the wild. |
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Don't Let Congress Wreck the Clean Air Act!Urge your Members of Congress to oppose any attempts to weaken the Clean Air Act that would sabotage efforts to regulate greenhouse gases. |
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Help Stop the Utah Anti-Wolf BillWrite to Utah Governor Gary Herbert and the state tourism board urging them to oppose SB36 -- legislation that would require state wildlife officials to kill or remove all wolves in the state. |
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Stop Corporate-Sponsored Wolf KillingAdd your name to our petition urging Cabela's and Sportsman's Warehouse to withdraw their support for "predator derbies" that target wolves. |
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Stop International Trade in Polar Bear PartsUrge Canadian officials to support an end to the international trade of polar bear parts. |
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Urge the Senate to Protect Wildlife Worldwide!The U.S. is one of just two countries in the world that have yet to ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity -- -- a vital international agreement to protect and preserve the world's rich diversity of life. |
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Urge Your Senators to Stand on the Side of WildlifeUrge your Senators to stand up for polar bears and other imperiled wildlife by co-sponsoring the Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act, new legislation to protect our natural treasures in a warming world. |
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Urge Your Senators to Pass the PAW ActUrge your Senators to support the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act -- vital legislation to end aerial gunning of wolves. |
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Stop the Invasion of the Exotic Wildlife!Each year, pythons and hundreds of millions of other non-native wild animals are imported into the U.S. with no good way of screening out species that can harm native ecosystems or threaten human health. Urge Congress to help stop this exotic wildlife invasion! |
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Help Protect Public LandsHelp safeguard our public lands... and the wildlife that lives there. Urge your U.S. representative to cosponsor the America's Wildlife Heritage Act, federal legislation that provides for a balanced, common-sense approach to wildlife management on our U.S. national forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands. |
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Tell Your Senators to Act Against Global WarmingTell your senators to help struggling wildlife by passing comprehensive global warming legislation. |
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Tell Your Representative to Watch Out for WildlifeUrge your representative to make our roadways safer for wildlife and motorists. |
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Urge Congress to Fight Aerial Wolf KillingWarning: Video contains graphic images. Help stop barbaric aerial wolf killing in Alaska. Urge your representative to sign on as an original cosponsor of the PAW Act. |
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Join Jeff Corwin to Help Save Wildlife from Global WarmingJoin Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin in the fight to protect wildlife threatened by global warming. |
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Speak Out for Our BatsUrge your Representative and Senators to help fight a disease that has killed nearly one million bats and is still spreading. |
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Save U.S. Jaguars and Other Borderlands WildlifeWrite your Representative today and ask him or her to support legislation that secures our border and protects our wildlife. |
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Speak Out for Yellowstone Bison!Write to the Montana Promotion Division -- the state's tourism officials -- and speak out for sensible wildlife management of these American icons!Latest Update |
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Speak Out Against The Slaughter of Yellowstone BisonMT residents only - Write to Montana's Governor and speak out for sensible wildlife management of these American icons!Latest Update |
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