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Preserve ESA protections for wolves and grizzly bears!

As gray wolves and grizzly bears continue to face ongoing threats to their survival, Congress is trying to axe science-backed Endangered Species Act protections that are critical to their recovery. And we need your help to fight back!

The House and Senate have introduced bills directing the Department of Interior to rollback critical protections and it's imperative that your Senators and Representative hear from you that you oppose these dangerous policies:

H.R. 845, H.R. 130 and S. 1306 seek to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act and prohibit judicial review of the action, one of the main ways we have to fight back against these anti-wildlife attacks. Removing gray wolf protections nationwide would not only jeopardize their recovery and the ecological health of their ecosystems, but it would also undermine the ESA's ability to base listing decisions on scientific evidence and not political interests.
H.R. 281 and its Senate counterpart S. 316 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule removing ESA protections for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears. Fewer than 2,000 grizzly bears now survive in the lower 48 states and prematurely removing grizzly bears' ESA protections will lead to reckless state management including trophy hunts opposed by the public, which would be detrimental to their survival.
H.R. 1897 would detrimentally change the Endangered Species Act, hurting the very species it was meant to protect and making it harder for federal agencies to recover vulnerable species.

Protecting our nation's wildlife should be based on scientific evidence, not the whims of politicians. These bills would be detrimental to the survival of gray wolves and grizzly bears, so we must speak up NOW to stop these dangerous bills in their tracks.

TAKE ACTION

Please take a moment to call your two U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative. You can find their contact information here. You can say, "As your constituent, I urge you to vote NO on H.R. 845, H.R. 130, H.R. 281, H.R. 1897 and S.316. Gray wolves and grizzly bears are an iconic native species and removing federal protections granted by the Endangered Species Act will undermine their recovery and jeopardize their survival."

After making your phone call (please do not skip that crucial step!), use the form to automatically send a follow-up message. We encourage you to add your own thoughts or comments in the editable portion, so your legislators know how important this issue is to you.

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As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to vote NO on H.R. 845, H.R. 130, H.R. 281 and S.316 and protect grizzly bears and gray wolves.

H.R. 845 and H.R. 130 seek to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act and prohibit judicial review of the action. As the gray wolf continues to face ongoing threats such as loss of habitat, persecution, and other human-caused factors, rolling back ESA protections could be detrimental to their recovery and the ecological health of their ecosystems. Furthermore, legislating ESA decisions undermines the law itself, which rests authority in federal agencies. As states like Idaho and Montana continue to ramp up their attacks against wolves it is more important now than ever that we keep wolves nationwide protected.

I also urge you to vote NO on H.R. 281 and its Senate counterpart S. 316, which would direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule relating to removing ESA protections for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears. Fewer than 2,000 grizzly bears now survive in the lower 48 states, occupying less than 2% of their former range. Biologists consider grizzly bears a “conservation-reliant species,” meaning the only way to prevent their extinction is to manage their threats. Prematurely removing grizzly bears’ ESA protections will lead to reckless state management including trophy hunts opposed by the public.

Lastly, I urge you to oppose H.R. 1897, which would drastically harm the Endangered Species Act and hurt the very species it was meant to protect. Among its many provisions, this bill would attack rules meant to protect threatened and endangered species, and inappropriately shift key wildlife management responsibilities from the federal government to the states, which has been disastrous for species like wolves in the Northern Rockies. Additionally, this bill would jeopardize recovery efforts from already over-burdened agencies by extending the timeline for listing species and undermining permitting processes meant to protect endangered species at home and abroad.

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