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Endangered Species Day

Celebrate Endangered Species Day on May 21, 2010!

Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people young and old to learn about the importance of protecting endangered species and everyday actions that people can take to help protect our nation’s disappearing wildlife and last remaining open space. More..

 

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Students from K-12 are invited to participate in our Endangered Species Day Art Contest. Download an entry form here.

Find more ways to become a conservation activist here.

 

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Celebrate Endangered Species Day 2010 by competing in the Sunchaser Challenge.

The Endangered Species Coalition has teamed up with Wild Ones Promotions, a media and events production company, to host four fun adventure races-one in each time zone of the continental United States. Competitors will run, bike, kayak and use basic navigation skills to "rescue" 50 endangered species from a series of checkpoints.

 

 

 

 

 

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Help protect polar bears and other endangered species by making a contribution today.

Become a Species Guardian. Join the Species Guardians, our monthly giving program, and help save endangered species and the special places where they live. More..

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Stop Extinction Blog

Check out the Stop Extinction Blog for all of the latest news on endangered species and the people working to stop extinction.

Our latest entry :
Senator Feinstein drops her amendment to override the Endangered Species Act


The West Coast fishing industry and the California Bay delta ecosystem were saved from the brink...

Media Release

Prestigious Panel of Artists, Actors, Admirals and Advocates to Judge National Endangered Species Day Art Contest

WASHINGTON – The 2010 national Endangered Species Day Art Contest will be judged by a prestigious panel of artists, photographers, actors, scientists and conservationists. Panel members include Admiral Stephen Rochon, White House Chief Usher; Jeff Corwin, host of Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin Experience; and Jack Hanna, host of Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild.  More...

 

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March 5th-Laurie Macdonald, Florida Director for Defenders of
Wildlife and FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist
Mark Lotzare are interviewed about the Florida Panther.


Feb. 24th-ESC's Deputy Director Sarah  Matsumoto talks with Mark Chenoweth about Endangered Species Day