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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE

2. Address

Address1
1130 17th STREET NW
 Address2
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City
WASHINGTON
 State
DC
 Zip Code
20036
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

City
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State
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Zip Code
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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mr.
​Robert Dewey
​2027720219
​rdewey@defenders.org
5. Senate ID#
​11880-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
6. House ID#
​313630000
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2024
 Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) Q4 (10/1 - 12/31)

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

10. Check if this is a Termination Report Termination Date
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​38,102.00
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options.
Method A. Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only

Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code

Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Robert Dewey 6/18/2024
 Date
6/18/2024 9:16:13 AM

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code NAT

16. Specific lobbying issues

HR 4821/S 2605 - FY 2024 Interior Appropriations - funding for ESA and National Wildlife Refuge System and other funding for FWS, BLM, FS, and USGS, sage-grouse rider and other ESA, wildlife, and lands related riders

HR 5893 / S. 2321 -- FY2024 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations - North Atlantic right whale, ESA funding, Unusual Mortality Event Funding/manatees

H.R. 4368/ S. 2625 - FY2024 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall, North Atlantic right whale / Rices whale

H.R. 4394 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations

HR 4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 - sage-grouse rider and numerous ESA and wildlife riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding, Right whale and Rices whale

House/Senate No Bill Number FY 2025 CJS Appropriations bills -- North Atlantic right whale, vessel speed rule, Marine Mammal Protection Act issues, Rices whale

House/Senate No Bill Number FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations -- USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative

House/Senate No Bill Number - FY 2025 Interior Appropriations - sage-grouse rider and other potential ESA riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding

House/Senate No bill number - FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall

House / Senate no bill number - 2023 Farm Bill

Rep. Brownley Marker Bill related to Farm Bill

Rep. Tokuda Native Plants Marker Bill

H.R. 7221 -- Wildlife Corridors and USDA Conservation Programs Act of 2024 (Rep. Beyer)

House / Senate no bill number - Wildlife Corridors Legislation (Reps. Vasquez, Zinke and Sens. Heinrich and Padilla)

H. Res. 195/S. Res. 494 - Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a National Biodiversity Strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations.

H.R. 200 - Forest Information Reform Act

H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act



H.R. 1245 - Delisting Greater Yellowstone Population of Grizzly Bears

S. 445 - Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023

H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears



H.R. 94 - American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act



H.R. 97 - Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act


H.R. 99 - Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act

H.R. 248 - Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act

H.R. 518 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act


H.R. 520 - Artificially Propagated Animals

H.R. 872 - Federally Integrated Species Health Act

H.R. 1142 - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require consideration of economic impact in making a listing decision with respect to the list of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears

H.R. 1558/S. 771 - Saving Americas Vulnerable Endangered Species Act


S. 1788 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes.

S. 1895 - A bill to require the director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act.


H.R.4558 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw a proposed rule relating to the endangered species status of the dunes sagebrush lizard

S. 2571 - A bill to provide for determination of the grizzly bear species consistent with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes

HR 5504/S 2811 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act



H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act

H.R. 7817 - Michigan SPEAR Act

S. 3963 - Native Species Protection Act


H.R. 3935 - Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act

S. 1939 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023

H.R. 3397/S. 1435 - A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health

Senate No Bill Number - Good Neighbor Authority Legislation

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Mary Beth
Beetham
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Daniel
Moss
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Robert
Dewey
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Cassie
Ferri
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code BUD

16. Specific lobbying issues

HR 4821/S 2605 -- FY2024 Interior Appropriations - funding for ESA and National Wildlife Refuge System and other funding for FWS, BLM, FS, and USGS, sage-grouse rider and other ESA, wildlife, and lands riders, Migratory Bird Management Program, Rices whale amendment

HR 5893 / S. 2321 - FY2024 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations - North Atlantic right whale and Rices whale, ESA funding, Unusual Mortality Event Funding/manatees

H.R. 4368/S. 2625 - FY2024 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall. North Atlantic right whale / Rices whale

H.R. 4394 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations

HR 4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 - sage-grouse rider and numerous ESA and wildlife riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding, Right whale and Rices whale

House/Senate No Bill Number FY 2025 CJS Appropriations bills -- North Atlantic right whale, vessel speed rule, Marine Mammal Protection Act issues, Rices whale

House/Senate No Bill Number FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations -- USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative

House/Senate No Bill Number - FY 2025 Interior Appropriations - sage-grouse rider and other potential ESA riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding

House/Senate No bill number - FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Mary Beth
Beetham
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Daniel
Moss
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Robert
Dewey
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Cassie
Ferri
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code ANI

16. Specific lobbying issues

No bill number - Migratory Bird Protection Act

HR 5893 / S. 2321 - FY2024 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations - North Atlantic right whale, Rices whale ESA funding, Unusual Mortality Event Funding/manatees

S. 2437 -- FY2024 Senate THUD Appropriations - North Atlantic right whale

H.R. 4368/S. 2625 -- FY 2024 Senate Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall, North Atlantic right whale and Rices Whale

HR 4821/S. 2605 - FY2024 Interior Appropriations - sage-grouse rider and numerous ESA and wildlife riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding, Right whale and Rices whale

HR 4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 - sage-grouse rider and numerous ESA and wildlife riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding, Right whale and Rices whale

House/Senate No Bill Number FY 2025 CJS Appropriations bills -- North Atlantic right whale, vessel speed rule, Marine Mammal Protection Act issues, Rices whale

House/Senate No Bill Number FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations -- USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative

House/Senate No Bill Number - FY 2025 Interior Appropriations - sage-grouse rider and other potential ESA riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding

House/Senate No bill number - FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall

House/Senate - NOAAs Vessel Speed Rulemaking/Potential CRA

H.R. 764 - Trust the Science Act

H.R. 1245 - Delisting Greater Yellowstone Population of Grizzly Bears

S. 445 - Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023

H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears

H.R. 94 - American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act

H.R. 97 - Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act

H.R. 99 - Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act

H.R. 248 - Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act

H.R. 518 - Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act

H.R. 520 - Artificially Propagated Animals

H.R. 872 - Federally Integrated Species Health Act



H.R. 1142 - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require consideration of economic impact in making a listing decision with respect to the list of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1419 - Delisting Northern Continental Divide Population of Grizzly Bears

H.R. 1558/S. 771 - Saving Americas Vulnerable Endangered Species Act


S. 1788 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes.



S. 1895 - A bill to require the director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act.


H.R.4558 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw a proposed rule relating to the endangered species status of the dunes sagebrush lizard

S. 2571 - A bill to provide for determination of the grizzly bear species consistent with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes

H.R. 5504/S 2811 - A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6393/S. 2870 - Sturgeon Conservation and Sustainability Act

H.R. 6784 - ESA Flexibility Act


H.R. 7408 - Americas Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act

H.R. 7817 - Michigan SPEAR Act

S. 3963 - Native Species Protection Act

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Mary Beth
Beetham
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Daniel
Moss
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Robert
Dewey
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Cassie
Ferri
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code HOM

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 4368/ S. 2625 - FY2024 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall

House/Senate No bill number - FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Mary Beth
Beetham
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Robert
Dewey
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code IMM

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 4368/ S. 2625 - FY2024 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall

House/Senate No bill number - FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Mary Beth
Beetham
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Robert
Dewey
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
City
State Country

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
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State Country
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?

Lobbyist Name Description of Offense(s)