Beyond Global warming
 Polar bears are feeling it. So is the small, rabbit-like pika. It’s global warming -- the biggest conservation challenge of our time. But for the last eight years, the Bush Administration has virtually ignored the problem as Arctic sea ice dwindles and temperatures rise.
With a new administration comes a new opportunity to tackle the impacts that global warming is having on our wildlife and wild places. Defenders’ new report Beyond Global Warming offers concrete recommendations for swift action to ensure our wildlife and wild places continue to survive in a warming world.
Learn more about Defenders' latest report Beyond Global Warming.
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Action of the Month
Deadly Season Begins
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Defenders Updates
Alaska: Killing of Pups Endorsed
Awful news -- the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said that the practice of “denning” will continue as part of the state’s brutal predator control programs. A new Fish and Game protocol would allow agency officials to kill young wolf pups in or near their den -- a practice currently illegal under state law.
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RAVE at the Border
World-class filmmakers are heading south this winter to RAVE at the U.S.-Mexican border. The Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition, led by the International League of Conservation Photographers, will document the destruction to wildlife habitat and communities caused by border wall construction. Not sure what these eco-minded photographers are all about? Watch the video on their web site.
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Wildlife Hero
Howls of Appreciation
 Educating the public about wolves is a lifelong passion for Cornelia (Neil) Hutt. For more than 20 years as a junior high teacher, she used the wolf as the foundation for her language arts curriculum. Neil found that her students were fascinated by the social and biological traits of wolves, which ultimately engaged their interest in broader conservation issues.
Her efforts to initiate these connections between wolves and the ecosystem eventually led to her involvement with Defenders -- she worked with her class to raise funds to support Defenders’ efforts to reintroduce wolves into Yellowstone National Park.
Since her “retirement,” Neil continues to devote her time to learn about wolves, including taking annual trips to the Arctic to observe wolves in the wild. To promote wolf education, she developed educational curricula for Defenders of Wildlife, several other major conservation organization's and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Through her involvement in several conservation organizations, she promotes efforts to ensure the long term survival of wolves by encouraging efforts to address and find solutions to promote wolf-human coexistence. As a member of the board of directors of the International Wolf Center, Neil wears many hats including chairing the Education Committee, contributing articles to International Wolf, the Wolf Center's quarterly magazine and coordinating the organizations learning adventures to Canada's Northwest Territories and Yellowstone National Park.
Neil also serves as Chair on the board of directors of the Red Wolf Coalition, an organization dedicated to the conservation of the critically endangered red wolf. Her leadership has been instrumental in furthering awareness about the importance of red wolves to the local communities located in red wolf country as well as conservation partners worldwide.
Neil’s enthusiasm and dedication to connect the public to the important role that wolves play in nature is truly inspirational.
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 Woodland Caribou
Renowned for pulling Santa’s sleigh, reindeer -- also known as caribou -- are symbolic of the Holiday Season. But Santa’s little helpers are in trouble in the U.S. Once abundant from Washington State to Maine, now there are at most 40 woodland caribou left in the wild, making them one of the most critically endangered mammals in the country.
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It’s a Wrap!
For holiday gifts, be sure to use wrapping paper with high recycled content.
Better yet, ditch the paper altogether. Present gifts in baskets, tins and other reusable containers. Or wrap them in scarves, handkerchiefs, pillowcases, cloth napkins or tablecloths.
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