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Save the Endangered Species Act
Tell your Senator to oppose legislation that would gut the Endangered Species Act!
Opponents of environmental protection may introduce legislation in the Senate that would undermine the Endangered Species Act and put countless endangered species at-risk of extinction. We need your help to fight this.
Send a letter based on the sample below to urge your Senators to oppose any shortsighted legislation that would squander our natural heritage and wildlife.
| Sample Letter for Campaign |
Subject: Americans want a strong Endangered Species Act
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
As one of the many people in your state who values the Endangered Species Act as a critical safety net for our nation's most vulnerable species, I urge you to strongly oppose any bill that would weaken this landmark law.
Representative Pombo's "Extinction Bill" (H.R. 3824), which passed the House last year, would fatally undermine the Endangered Species Act's ability to protect our nation's at-risk wildlife if signed into law. I am concerned that any bill passing the Senate this year would be merged with Pombo's bill, creating a disastrous combination that would threaten the future protection of species like the bald eagle and the humpback whale.
I urge you to be vigilant in opposing any legislation that would squander our nation's natural heritage or abandon the strong protections of the Endangered Species Act.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
March 10, 2006
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| Photo: Galen Rowell/Mountain Light |
For over thirty years, the Endangered Species Act has been a safety net for wildlife, plants and fish that are on the brink of extinction. But last fall, the House of Representatives passed Rep. Richard Pombo's (R-CA) bill to cut the heart out of the nationally beloved Endangered Species Act. If made law, this bill would not only end critical habitat protection for the forests, beaches, wetlands, and meadows that at-risk species call home -- it would also require taxpayers to pay people not to break the law and kill endangered species.
This year, the Endangered Species Act is already under attack on more than one front. One recently introduced bill, S. 2110, would undermine the Endangered Species Act’s crucial protections for endangered wildlife and habitat while spending scarce taxpayer dollars to reward private landowners for obeying the law.
But that's just the beginning
 In the next few weeks, we believe opponents of endangered species protection may introduce legislation in the Senate that would undermine the Endangered Species Act and put countless endangered species at risk of extinction.
Now that Rep. Pombo's "Extinction Bill" has passed the House, any endangered species bill that comes out of the Senate would have to be conferenced (or merged) with Rep. Pombo’s terrible bill. This means that any Senate bill, even a good one, could serve as "Trojan horse" for Rep. Pombo’s goal of gutting the Endangered Species Act completely.
We have to convince our Senators to oppose any legislation that that would squander our natural heritage and wildlife or abandon the strong protections of the Endangered Species Act. We need your help to make this happen. Click here to send this message to your Senator today.
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