| Dear Supporter,
Fifty years ago this month, in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and President Nixon signed it into law. Since that day, 99 percent of the species under its protection have been saved from extinction, making it one of our nation's most effective conservation laws.
Despite this outstanding success and the American public's continued strong support for the ESA, many endangered species and the Act itself are again under attack from anti-regulation, anti-wildlife interests in Congress.
For example, only an estimated 51 Rice's whales and approximately 350 North Atlantic Right Whales remain in the wild. Yet hostile lawmakers are trying to stop the designation of critical habitat and other urgently needed protections to save these majestic whales from imminent extinction. These attacks are happening in Congress through amendments to "must-pass" legislation, such as budget and defense bills, to strip ESA protections from species like whales, grizzly bears, and gray wolves. Others would prevent the listing of species, such as the greater sage grouse. Many attacks also attempt to gut critical components of the ESA itself.
Tell your Legislators: We need the Endangered Species Act more than ever before. Stop attacks on the Act and imperiled wild species! | 
