Dear NRDC Activist,

The Trump administration has just launched another salvo against the environment, wildlife, and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) — this time targeting critical wildlife habitats.

Trump's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are proposing to add a new definition of "habitat" under the ESA that, if finalized, will make it much more difficult to protect habitat critical for the survival and recovery of endangered species.

NRDC is fighting back — but we need your help to stop this:

The FWS is accepting public comments on the administration's reckless anti-wildlife proposal, but only until September 4. Submit a comment today opposing this assault on imperiled species and their homes >>

This insidious proposal would make it more difficult to protect and restore habitat historically used by a species, as well as habitat that could be vital as species move in response to climate change.

But that's not all: this latest assault on the ESA is a gift to big polluters, like oil and gas companies, mining companies, and other extractive industries that wish to exploit areas that might otherwise be protected as critical habitat for endangered wildlife.

If endangered species are going to recover, we must protect and restore the places they used to live. Submit your public comment REBUKING this proposal before the September 4 deadline and help us save the habitat of imperiled species — it only takes a minute to do your part!

Thanks to the ESA, 99 percent of listed species have been saved from extinction — like the iconic bald eagle and the gray wolf — and many more are on the path to recovery. But the Trump administration's unconscionable rollback of the law's protections and this latest attack on the habitats these species need to survive, and recover, will only lead to dire consequences for wildlife already at the brink.

With 1 million species worldwide at risk of extinction — many within our lifetime — and climate change and ecosystem degradation hastening their decline, we should be doing everything in our power to protect wildlife and their habitats. That means working to strengthen, not weaken, our nation's best tool for helping to prevent extinction.

Please, before it's too late, submit your comment opposing the Trump administration's latest assault on our wildlife and the environment.

Thank you for all that you do. It truly makes a difference.

Sincerely,

Lucas Rhoads
Project Attorney, Nature, NRDC

Photo of Trump: Gage Skidmore
Proposal Docket: FWS-HQ-ES-2020-0047