URGENT ALERT: Tell your members of Congress to protect endangered species and public lands! >>

Don’t let this must-pass spending bill turn into a nightmare. We need to stop any language attacking endangered species, public lands, and pesticide regulations from passing. We need your help to do it!

Gray wolves. Grizzly bears. Bees. Butterflies. Whales. Greater Sage-grouse. These are just a few of the species – many of them endangered species – that will be at greater risk without your help.

Threats to endangered species threaten us too. That’s because endangered species protections also shield important habitats from things like fossil fuel extraction.

Dear Representative,

I am writing to urge you to ensure that any final FY 2024 appropriations bill is free of riders that undermine the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and protections for imperiled species. The House FY 2024 Interior appropriations bill, H.R. 4821 includes 15 harmful ESA riders, many of which block or deny critically needed protections for species on the verge of extinction – some of which already have been awaiting protection for decades. In addition, the Senate Interior appropriations bill, S. 2605, still includes the long-standing rider denying ESA protections to the imperiled sage-grouse.

Please ensure the following provisions are not included in any final appropriations bill:

FY 2024 House Interior Appropriations Bill – H.R. 4821

- Sec. 116 – Blocks Protections for Sage-Grouse

- Sec. 446 – Exempts Consultation for Land Management Plans

- Sec. 448 – Blocks Protections for the Lesser Prairie Chicken

- Sec. 450 – Blocks Restoration of North Cascades Ecosystem Grizzly Bear

- Sec. 452 – Delists Gray Wolf

- Sec. 457 – Blocks Increased Protections for Northern Long-Eared Bat:

- Sec. 461 – Prevents Adequate Pesticide Regulation

- Sec. 486 – Blocks Protections for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

- Sec. 487 – Blocks Protections from Rodenticides

- Sec. 491 – Delists Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bear

- Sec. 501 – Blocks Protections for the Salina Mucket and Mexican Fawnsfoot Mussels

- Sec. 506 – Blocks Revision of Harmful ESA Rules

- Sec. 512 – Blocks Increased Protections for North Atlantic Right Whale

- Sec. 517 – Weakens Protections for Rice’s Whale

- Sec. 521 – Blocks Protections for Texas Kangaroo Rat

FY 2024 Senate Interior/EPA Appropriations Bill – S. 2605

- Sec. 119 – Blocks Protections for Sage-Grouse

Again, I urge you to ensure these harmful riders are not included in any final appropriations bill. Thank you for considering my opinion.

Sincerely,
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