Submit your comment Opposing Trump’s ESA attack

The Trump administration is preparing to take another swipe at the Endangered Species Act. This time, they’re proposing to add a new definition of “habitat” that would leave areas important to imperiled species’ survival and recovery open to exploitation by big polluters, like oil and gas companies, and mining companies.

This reckless proposal would make it easier for the drilling, mining, and logging industries to destroy fragile wildlife habitats and drive our most threatened species to the brink of extinction.

We need to make a lot of noise to stop this: Before the September 4 deadline, submit a public comment OPPOSING this insidious proposal and put a stop to Trump’s continued attack on the Endangered Species Act.

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We need to make a lot of noise to stop this: Before the September 4 deadline, submit a public comment to the FWS and the NOAA OPPOSING this insidious proposal and put a stop to Trump’s continued attack on the Endangered Species Act.

Your message will be sent to:

Aurelia Skipwith, Director, Neil Jacobs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Subject line:

I oppose your attempt to gut critical habitat protections! (Docket: FWS-HQ-ES-2020-0047)

(Consider adding your own thoughts — personalized messages are especially effective)

Dear U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

I am deeply disappointed by your proposed plans to further weaken the Endangered Species Act by making it harder to protect habitat for wildlife.

Your proposal would make it much more difficult to protect habitats that have been historically used by a species as well as habitats that could be important as species move in response to climate change. And it would make it easier for the drilling, mining, and logging industries to destroy fragile wildlife habitats and drive our most threatened species to the brink of extinction.

The ESA is a bedrock law that has saved 99 percent of listed plants and animals from extinction, including iconic species like the bald eagle and gray wolf. If endangered species are going to recover, we must protect and restore the places they used to live, pay attention to the climate science, and do more to strengthen, not weaken, our nation's best tool for helping to prevent extinction.

That's why I vehemently OPPOSE this proposal and urge you to withdraw this reckless plan to further eviscerate the Endangered Species Act's protections.

Thank you.

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Submit your comment OPPOSING Trump’s latest ESA attack

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