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Wolves Are Counting On You

Thank your member for standing strong for wolves

Last week, your congressman voted to protect wolves, and he deserves our thanks. When the full House of Representatives took up H.R. 2406, the so-called “Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act,” your representative was one of only nine Republicans who stood strong for wolves by opposing an amendment that would have delisted gray wolves in Wyoming and the Great Lakes.

Thank your Member of Congress for standing up for wolves.

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I am writing to thank you for your recent vote against the Ribble-Lummis-Benishek-Peterson Amendment to H.R. 2406, the "Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2015." This harmful, anti-conservation amendment overrides two federal court decisions and statutorily delists the gray wolf in Wyoming, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It hands wolf management authority back to those four states, even though two federal judges ruled that those state's wolf management plans were insufficient to justify the removal of federal protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Additionally, the amendment contains "no judicial review" clauses covering both court decision overrides - thus stripping citizens of their ability to go to court to further challenge these wolf delistings.

Not only does this amendment undermine wolf recovery - it undermines the ESA itself. The ESA is a critical safety net that has prevented 99 percent of protected plant and animal species from going extinct. This bedrock environmental law is also supported by 90 percent of American voters. No law has been more important in preventing the extinction of wildlife. The Ribble-Lummis-Benishek-Peterson Amendment to the SHARE Act contributes to recent attempts to erode this vital law through a "death by a thousand cuts" strategy. It is damaging for Congress to meddle in the ESA listing status of a particular species at any stage, but now is an especially bad time as cases involving the status of gray wolves are still playing out in the courts. Thank you for voting to uphold the ESA and continue to protect wolves while that process continues.

Again, thank you for being a voice for imperiled wildlife and upholding the integrity of one of our nation's most successful and most popular conservation laws - the ESA.

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