For Immediate Release: May 22, 2024 Contact: Adam Rissen, WildEarth Guardians, arissien@wildearthguardians.org Derek Goldman, Endangered Species Coalition, dgoldman@endangered.org Grace Kuhn, Western Watersheds Project, grace@westernwatersheds.org Ian Brickey, Sierra Club, ian.brickey@sierraclub.org Andrea Zaccardi, Center for Biological Diversity, azaccardi@biologicaldiversity.org   Wildlife Activists Urge Continued Grizzly Bear Protections 100,000 Petition Signatures Delivered to Sec. Haaland as Grizzly Bear Images Light Up Interior Building Washington, D.C.– Wildlife advocates appear ..read more

Saguaro cactus. Agave. Monarch butterflies. These are just a few of the iconic plant and animal species of the Sonoran Desert spotlighted at one of our recent community events for biodiversity conservation, in Arivaca, Arizona. On April 20th, we celebrated and raised awareness of imperiled species, through visual art, community outreach, native plantings, science lectures, and youth activities. In partnership with the Arivaca Pollinator Pathway Project, and with a generous donation of agaves from member organization Bat Conservation International, the Endangered Species Coalition installed a ..read more

Endangered Species Day is Friday, May 17th and we have many ways for you to participate! There are events happening in every state in the country. If you can’t find an event near you or you’re unable to attend, don’t worry we have you covered!  Read more below about two ESC signature events we’re holding so people of all ages can participate from home. For the fourth year in a row, the Endangered Species Coalition is holding a nationwide, all-ages chalk art event in honor of Endangered Species Day! Find out more about the how to participate in the annual chalk art event. More than 1 mill ..read more

Contact: Susan Holmes, sholmes@endangered.org (202) 329-1553 Tara Thornton, tthornton@endangered.org  (207) 504-2705 Events Planned Across the U.S. Honoring Commitment to Wildlife Conservation  Washington, D.C. – On Friday, May 17, thousands of Americans are participating in Endangered Species Day events and activities across the country, in recognition of our nation’s commitment to protecting and restoring our disappearing wildlife. This is the 19th annual Endangered Species Day, which occurs on the third Friday of May.  This Endangered Species Day follows a year-long commemora ..read more

When the Endangered Species Coalition and the author and artist David Robinson started Endangered Species Day in 2006, few dreamed it would achieve the prominence that it has today. Events have been held in countries around the globe, the White House has marked the day, and most-importantly–countless advocates have discovered or re-ignited their passion for saving species. Help fuel grassroots campaigns to save endangered species with your gift today, and it will be matched up to our goal of $7,000! Over the 19 years of Endangered Species Day, we have organized art contests and community sc ..read more

For Immediate Release: May 3, 2024 Contact: Ryan Sedgeley, rsedgeley@endangered.org (307) 220-6084 Derek Goldman, dgoldman@endangered.org, (406) 370-6491 Reintroduction of this Threatened Species is a Historic Step for Wildlife Conservation Denver, Colo.–Today the Colorado General Assembly gave final approval to a bill to restore wolverines to the mountains of Colorado. SB24-171 directs the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife to reintroduce the endangered North American wolverine to suitable habitat within the state. “With the passage of SB24-171, we celebrate another historic victory for ..read more

For Immediate Release: April 30, 2024 Contact: Susan Holmes sholmes@endangered.org  (202) 329-1553          Tara Thornton tthornton@endangered.org  (207) 504-2705 Bill Removing Federal Protections for Gray Wolves Narrowly Passes the House Wash, D.C.–In a 209 to 205 vote, today the U.S. House Representatives passed Rep. Boebert’s bill to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the continental United States and Mexico. The move takes place only a few weeks after a Wyoming man publicly abused and killed a young gray wolf ..read more

New Policies Will Help Protect Biodiversity For Immediate Release: April 19, 2024 Contact: Jewel Tomasula jewel@endangered.org Susan Holmes sholmes@endangered.org Tara Thornton tthornton@endangered.org Endangered Species Coalition welcomes new conservation announcements from the Biden Harris administration: the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Public Lands Rule. These new federal policies elevate the national consideration of wildlife and wild places, after too many decades of being in the backseat for the management of public lands. “We know ..read more

It’s here again – the 19th annual, international Endangered Species Day will be taking place on Friday, May 17th, 2024! Find out how you can celebrate Endangered Species Day this May. Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people of all ages to celebrate and learn about endangered species and how to protect them. 2024 is particularly special because it comes just after the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act in December of last year. The Endangered Species Act is a landmark piece of conservation legislation protecting our nation’s fish, plants, and wildlife and we celebrate it ..read more

By now, you have likely read or heard about the heartbreaking torture and killing of a wolf in Wyoming.1The details are horrific. This yearling wolf–who some have named Theia–was run down by a 700-pound snowmobile and incapacitated, her mouth was taped shut, and she was paraded, clinging to life, around a local bar, before being killed out back. This was torture. Support our fight to protect wolves from torture and brutal hunting and trapping with your gift today. The attacker–Cody Roberts, of Wyoming–was able to legally crush the young wolf with a snowmobile and ultimately kill and skin her ..read more