Tell your Members of Congress to Defend the Endangered Species Act!

Our planet is facing a catastrophic biodiversity crisis largely caused by humans. Wildlife populations around the world are crashing at alarming rates.

The ESA is an incredibly effective and powerful tool for addressing this crisis and saving species at risk of disappearing forever.

But we’re seeing a massive attack on endangered species in Congress this session, including bills that would critically undermine the ESA and jeopardize the survival of imperiled species.

We need you to speak up and defend this cornerstone conservation law. Your leaders need to hear from you today!

Sign a letter urging your senators and representatives to defend the ESA and all the vulnerable wildlife it protects!

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Dear Member of Congress,

As your constituent and someone who cares deeply about our country’s biodiversity, I am writing to ask you to stand strong on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and oppose the growing number of House bills attacking this incredibly successful law. The ESA serves as our last line of defense in preventing permanent species extinction. Please oppose the massive assault on the ESA being mounted by a small number of extremist House members.  
In particular, I urge you to oppose the following bills, and any others attacking the ESA:

-	H.R. 764, delisting the gray wolf from the ESA
-	H.R. 1245, delisting the Greater Yellowstone population of grizzly bears
-	H.R. 1419, delisting the Northern Continental Divide population of grizzly bears
-	H.R. 200, the so called “Forest Information Reform Act”
-	H.R. 94, the so called “American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act"
-	H.R. 97, the Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act
-	H.R. 99, the so called “Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act"
-	H.R. 248, Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act
-	H.R. 518, the so called “Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act”
-	H.R. 520, Artificially Propagated Animals
-	H.R. 872, Federally Integrated Species Health Act
-	H.R. 1142, which would wrongly inject economic into science-based ESA listing decisions
-	H.J. Res. 29, which would block ESA protection for the lesser prairie chicken

The ESA is one of our nation's most effective and popular conservation laws. It has saved species like the American bald eagle, the California condor, the brown pelican, and the Florida manatee from irrevocable extinction. Polling from 2015 shows that 90% of voters support the law. It is also tremendously flexible, requiring that federal, state, tribal and local officials work together to protect endangered wildlife. The ESA's tremendous record of success can be further enhanced through improved implementation of the law. Efforts to weaken the ESA are not a reflection of the will of the American people who want the recovery of our most imperiled species to be left to biologists - not politicians.

I urge you to do everything you can to stand up for this landmark law and protect threatened and endangered species for generations to come.

Thank you for your time,
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