John,
All life on Earth needs water to survive — and wetlands are among the most productive and biodiverse water sources in the world. They're essential to 40% of animals and plants, from the top to the bottom of the food web, including deer, birds, fish, turtles, dragonflies, and amphibians.
Threatened and endangered wildlife are no exception. Nearly half of all federally listed species in the United States depend on wetlands for survival.
Protections for wetlands and streams help protect the wildlife who live in and near them — and our communities who need clean drinking water. But those protections are under attack.
The Trump administration wants to gut safeguards for millions of acres of U.S. wetlands and streams. A newly proposed rule would weaken the Clean Water Act by severely narrowing the scope of protected waters, letting billionaires and corporations dump pollution in more wetlands and streams than ever before. It would reward polluters while undermining clean water safeguards, harming wildlife habitat, increasing flood risk, and threatening water used for drinking and recreation.
Help oppose these efforts to gut the Act and poison the planet.
Tell the administration to withdraw and discard the proposed rule that eliminates Clean Water Act protections for many of this country's wetlands and streams.
