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Grizzly bears need your help!

Grizzly bears are making a comeback from the brink of extinction thanks to the Endangered Species Act, but now those same protections are under attack in Congress. And we need your help to fight back!

The Grizzly Bear State Management Act (H.R. 281) would undermine ongoing grizzly bear recovery efforts by directing the Department of Interior to remove federal Endangered Species Act protections from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears, regardless of what bear biologists say they need. Even worse, it would block courts from being able to review this hasty action.

We know from experience that prematurely removing grizzly bears’ ESA protections leads to reckless state management including trophy hunts opposed by the public, jeopardizing populations and gambling billions in conservation investments. Decisions harming species’ recovery under the ESA should be based on scientific evidence, not the whims of politicians. H.R. 281 could spell disaster for grizzly bears, so we must speak up NOW to stop this dangerous bill in its tracks.

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Please make a brief, polite phone call to your U.S Representative and urge them to vote NO when this bill comes to the House floor. You can find their contact information here. You can say, "As your constituent, I urge you to vote NO on the Grizzly Bear State Management Act (H.R. 281), which would undermine critical protections for grizzly bears."

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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Dear Legislator, 

As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to vote NO on the Grizzly Bear State Management Act (H.R. 281) when it comes for a vote on the House floor.

This bill would direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears. With their habitats shrinking, their primary food sources vanishing and increased development fragmenting their homes, grizzly bears remain incredibly vulnerable to extinction with fewer than 2,000 grizzly bears now surviving in the lower 48 states.

Prematurely removing grizzly bears’ ESA protections will lead to reckless state management including trophy hunts opposed by the public, jeopardizing populations and gambling billions in conservation investments. Furthermore, prohibiting judicial review of ESA decisions undermines the law itself.

Please protect the important work of the ESA and science-backed decision making by voting NO on H.R. 281. Thank you.

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