Dear NRDC Supporter,

Polar bears and grizzly bears ... orca whales ... manatees ... gray wolves ... African elephants. These and other iconic creatures share a common fact: they're vulnerable and are at risk of extinction.

Yet earlier this year, the Trump administration undermined the Endangered Species Act, making it harder to protect countless wildlife and their habitat and putting a plethora of creatures at even greater risk of extinction.

We must put a stop to this. NRDC and our partners have already filed a lawsuit in federal court against the administration and this unprecedented assault on our wildlife. This legal fight will be tough, and we urgently need your support so we can fight back against President Trump's attack on endangered species.

This fight is so important that ALL donations are being TRIPLE MATCHED — up to $500,000! Make a donation today and your gift will have 3X the impact in our fight to protect our most imperiled creatures.

The Endangered Species Act is our nation's most important law for protecting wildlife. Over the last 46 years, it has saved 99% of the species it protects from extinction.

But the Trump administration's callous disregard for this law and the wildlife it protects will reverse the incredible progress we've made in protecting our planet's most vulnerable species. This dangerous rollback will:

• Eliminate automatic protections for species listed in the future as "threatened" — hampering the preventative measures we need to take to protect species from becoming endangered in the first place
• Limit consideration of climate change impacts in key parts of the law, making it more difficult to protect animals like polar bears and others impacted by the climate crisis
• Allow the Trump administration to more easily put fossil fuel and other industry demands above the needs of our wildlife, without considering all impacts on listed species

Reversing Trump's assault and defending one of our most essential environmental laws will require all the support we can muster. Please make a donation to help us stop this catastrophic attack on the Endangered Species Act — ALL GIFTS TRIPLED!

Extinction is forever — but there's still time to protect endangered species together, if we act now.

Thank you,

Rebecca Riley
Legal Director, Nature Program, NRDC