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The Latest by Perry Wheeler

Public Affairs and Communications Strategist

Based in Maryland, Perry is the Public Affairs and Communications Strategist for the Rocky Mountain Office, Northern Rockies Office, and the Biodiversity Defense Program.

Grizzly bear near Canyon, Yellowstone National Park.
January 18, 2024

Grizzly Bears Still Need Protections

By Perry Wheeler  /  Biodiversity Defense Program

Despite their precarious status, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently considering petitions from Wyoming and Montana to delist grizzly bears. Here’s how you can help.

A smaller bird with bright yellow cheeks sitting on a bare branch.
October 26, 2023

How a Little Bird is Helping Earthjustice Defend Biodiversity

By Perry Wheeler  /  Biodiversity Defense Program

Saving the endangered golden-cheeked warbler will help us protect an abundance of plants and animals in the Texas Hill Country.

Red knots, ruddy turnstones, dunlin and semipalmated sandpipers coming through the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, New Jersey, on May 23, 2022.
October 20, 2023

What a Shorebird Can Teach Us About the Biodiversity Crisis

By Perry Wheeler  /  Biodiversity Defense Program

Throughout the animal kingdom, increasing pressures from industry are putting endangered or threatened species like the red knot at risk.

Coho salmon returning from its years at sea to spawn, seen near the Suquamish Tribe's Grovers Creek Hatchery.
August 1, 2023

What’s Killing the Salmon in Our Urban Streams? A Mystery is Now Solved.

By Perry Wheeler  /  Biodiversity Defense Program

A chemical called 6PPD that’s found in tires is devastating aquatic life.

A smaller bird with bright yellow cheeks sitting on a bare branch.
April 18, 2023

Meet the Texas Bird that is a Bulwark for Biodiversity

By Perry Wheeler  /  Biodiversity Defense Program

Saving the endangered golden-cheeked warbler will help us protect an abundance of plants and animals in the Texas Hill Country.

An expansive view of the Bull Mountains in Montana, framed by a blue sky with white clouds and flowering grassland.
February 14, 2023

This Coal Mine Has Been Called a “Den of Thievery.” Why Is It Still Operational?

By Perry Wheeler  /  Northern Rockies Office

The New York Times just dropped a bombshell on Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountains Mine

A brightly colored orange and black monarch butterfly alights on a plant with small white flowers.
February 6, 2023

Fighting on Behalf of the Species We Know and Love

By Perry Wheeler  /  Biodiversity Defense Program

There are many reasons that people connect with biodiversity. Here are mine.