Dear Defender of Wildlife,

Black-footed ferrets are on the brink of extinction – and the Forest Service has a cruel plan to destroy the habitat they need to recover.

Black-footed ferrets depend on large prairie dog colonies to survive, and the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Wyoming is one of the last places with enough prairie dogs for these struggling ferrets to make a recovery.

But a recent proposal by the U.S. Forest Service will give a green light to poisoning and shooting prairie dogs in the last area in Thunder Basin where these creatures are protected.

Tell the Forest Service to keep Thunder Basin’s prairie dogs protected for the recovery of black-footed ferrets and the many other animals that depend on them!

If those prairie dog protections are eliminated, black-footed ferret recovery will be doomed – and so will the rest of Thunder Basin’s native wildlife that depend on prairie dogs to survive!

Many Thunder Basin species including mountain plovers, swift foxes, burrowing owls, hawks, eagles, and others rely on prairie dogs and the habitat their colonies provide

But the Forest Service is caving to political pressure on behalf of ranching interests. They plan to gut protections in an area currently designated for prairie dog conservation and black-footed ferret recovery, supposedly to allow more grass to grow for cattle – putting the ranchers’ interests before the health of these national grasslands.

Send a message to stop the Forest Service from willfully destroying the Thunder Basin ecosystem!

We can't let the Forest Service sell out the public lands and wildlife they’re supposed to protect – and we can't stand by while these native species are needlessly destroyed.

Don’t let the Forest Service turn its back on Thunder Basin. Make your voice heard today, before Thunder Basin – and the wildlife that live here – are permanently devastated!

Sincerely,

Chamois Andersen Senior Representative, Rockies & Plains