Keeping America’s Wildlife Protected

Wildlife are constantly under threat from climate change, habitat destruction, hunting and fishing, as well as mismanagement. PEER works with public employees to identify areas of concern and protect wildlife, in many cases from the actions of public agencies.

State and federal agencies abet rancher scapegoating of apex predator

Padding towards extinction through habitat loss and a failure to protect

In danger of extinction, the court battle rages on

The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is the rarest species of sea turtle and is critically endangered.

Pesticides threaten bees and other pollinators which sustain flowering plants and our food supply

Collisions with ships and fishing gear threaten whale survival in our coastal waters

During the past dozen years, the endangered Florida manatee has made only tenuous progress toward recovery

Proposed federal rules would allow more killing by states of fish-eating cormorants

Habitat and nesting ground destruction threaten this iconic bird

Government sanctioned slaughter of wildlife

Wild horses are scapegoated for damaging rangelands, rounded up and auctioned off.

Migratory Birds face many perils due to habitat and migratory pattern disruption.

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NEWS FROM PEER

Conservation Groups Call on Park Service to Protect the Florida Panther

Jun 14, 2007

Park Service Should Not Have Opened More Routes to Off-Road Vehicles in Big Cypress National Preserve

Florida Plan Dims Prospects for Manatee Survival

Jan 11, 2007

State Lowers Protections Despite Record Deaths and Projected Population Decline

BUSH ADMINISTRATION DENIES PROTECTION TO 16 DESERT SPECIES

Aug 18, 2006

Off-Road Pressure Leads to Reversal of Science on Unique Sonoran Wildlife

PERSISTENT HOMELAND SECURITY PROBLEMS AT AGRICULTURE

Jul 27, 2006

USDA Ignoring Security Rules While Dispensing Advice to Farmers

NOAA Adopting Ship Speed Limits to Save the Right Whale

Jun 23, 2006

Ship Strikes are Largest Threat to Critically Endangered Marine Mammal

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY JOINS COALITION SEEKING GUNNISON SAGE-GROUSE PROTECTION

Jun 5, 2006

TELLURIDE, COLO. – San Miguel County in Colorado has formally joined an effort to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act. The County’s action is in response to a decision six weeks ago by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to...