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 ...

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...

May 25, 2022 · New Wildlife Refuge in Southern California Would Promise Equitable Access to Disappearing Nature

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.

Jul 30, 2024 · In response to a March 2024 petition by conservation groups, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has found that protecting the western burrowing owl under the California Endangered Species Act may be warranted.

Jan 19, 2023 · In 2022, we prioritized the protection of the southern sea otter, Sierra Nevada fisher, gray wolf, Chinook salmon and other freshwater fishes, desert tortoise, bighorn sheep, migratory birds and other species that need immediate conservation action. Working for …

Pamela Flick is the California Program Coordinator for Defenders of Wildlife, a national wildlife conservation organization dedicated to the protection of species and the habitats on which they depend. Based in Sacramento, she serves as the California Program Director’s liaison to federal and state agencies, elected officials and their staff ...

Jul 21, 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...