The Fish and Wildlife Defense Fund is an organized group of attorneys fighting in court for public access to federal lands, accountable hatcheries, sound predator management, and every family’s right to put fish and game on the table.
Every issue below gets the same treatment: a legal brief, not a press release.
We’re attorneys, not advocates. That means our default move is a filing, not a statement.
We build the factual and legal record — agency decisions, data, and the statutes being ignored — before we file anything.
We take agencies and states to court to enforce the duties they already owe the public, instead of waiting on them to act.
A ruling isn't the finish line. We stay on agencies until court orders actually change policy on the ground.
Filing fees, expert witnesses, and records requests all cost money. A one-time or monthly contribution keeps cases moving.
Every case we file is funded by people who’d rather see this fought in court than talked about at a hearing. Join as a Defender to back the next filing.