Dear NRDC Activist,

The Trump administration is finally gone — but vulnerable wildlife are still under grave threat.

During Trump's term in office, he cruelly gutted the Endangered Species Act — a bedrock law that has saved 99 percent of listed species from the brink of extinction — to drive up profits for the oil and gas industry and other big polluters.

President Biden has the power to reverse these rollbacks and restore desperately needed protections for vulnerable wildlife. But make no mistake: Industry forces are bearing down, doing everything in their power to stop his administration.

NRDC will be there to counter big polluter influence at every turn and urge the Biden administration to fully restore the ESA. But this work takes incredible resources, and we rely heavily on the steady support of monthly donors.

You can help power our fight to save the ESA and protect our environment on all fronts by becoming a Monthly Partner today — your first three gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $330,000, but only until 2/1!

With one million species worldwide at risk of extinction — many within our lifetime — as a result of climate change, habitat destruction, and other factors, we should be doing everything in our power to protect wildlife and their habitats.

But even in his final weeks in the White House, Trump remained laser focused on attacking protections for vulnerable species. He acted to delist gray wolves in the lower-48 states from the Endangered Species Act — imperiling a species that still faces threats to its continued survival.

The delisting of gray wolves is a direct attack on ecosystems across the country where the apex predator can keep wildlife populations balanced and healthy. And healthy ecosystems aren't just essential for wildlife — they also mean cleaner air, cleaner water, and healthier people. The fate of humanity is intertwined with the fate of species and healthy ecosystems.

We just raced to court to reverse the Trump administration's delisting of gray wolves and we're already engaged in three lawsuits to reverse Trump's other ESA rollbacks. Meanwhile, we are simultaneously keeping the pressure on the Biden administration to take swift action to restore this critical law.

But we urgently need your help to keep the fight going until we can ensure that imperiled wildlife are fully protected. Become an NRDC Monthly Partner right now and every dollar of your first three monthly gifts will have DOUBLE the impact.

Your support is so crucial that Kate Adams — daughter of NRDC Founding President John Adams — and her husband Duke Wiser and their family will match your first three monthly gifts dollar-for-dollar until February 1 (up to a total of $330,000). That means your monthly donations will go twice as far in the months ahead as NRDC rolls out our 2021 Action Plan.

There are great challenges ahead of us — and even greater opportunities to build a world that is healthy, safe, and just for all. We're counting on you to be there every step of the way.

Sincerely,

Dr. Sylvia Fallon
Wildlife Conservation Project Director, NRDC