The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently proposed a series of regulatory changes that would undermine the U.S. Endangered Species Act and jeopardize critical protections for wildlife.
The Endangered Species Act has proven to be an incredibly successful tool for protecting imperiled wildlife—nearly every species listed since the law was enacted has been saved from extinction. Yet the current administration is seeking to weaken the law by relaxing the regulations that guide its implementation.
Among the proposed regulatory changes are efforts to: weaken protections for threatened species; open the door to substituting economic considerations for sound science; interfere with the establishment and protection of critical habitat; and undermine the role of inter-agency consultation in safeguarding species.
It's critical that you let FWS/NMFS know that you value this essential law and oppose their proposals to weaken it.
- Beth Allgood, IFAW US Country Director
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Send to: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS):
I am writing to express my strong opposition to regulatory changes proposed in the following U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) rulemaking dockets, which were published on July 25, 2018: FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0006; FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0007; and FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0009.
The U.S. Endangered Species Act has proven to be an incredibly successful tool for protecting imperiled wildlife—nearly every species listed since the law was enacted has been saved from extinction. The pending proposals to weaken the law by relaxing the very regulations that guide its implementation would threaten its continued success, and run counter to the spirit of the Endangered Species Act and the Services’ missions.
THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: A WILD SUCCESS
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