rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/urge-congress-to-stop-the-esa-harm-rule?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-urge-congress-to-stop-the-esa-harm-rule' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Endangered Species Coalition https://actionnetwork.org/groups/endangered-species-coalition https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/455/955/normal/usfws-sea-otter-float.jpg Wildlife cannot survive without a place to call home. But a new federal rule - the ESA “Harm” Rule - threatens one of the Endangered Species Act’s most important safeguards: the longstanding recognition that destroying habitat can cause real harm to endangered and threatened wildlife. Forests provide places for birds and mammals to feed and raise their young. Rivers and wetlands sustain fish, amphibians, and countless other species. Grasslands, deserts, coastlines, oceans and migration corridors give wildlife the space they need to move, reproduce, and recover. Protecting wildlife means protecting the places wildlife depend on. Habitat loss and degradation are among the greatest threats facing wildlife today. Once those places are destroyed, even the strongest protections against directly killing an animal cannot give that species what it needs to survive. Part of the Endangered Species Act’s success rests on a commonsense principle: we cannot recover endangered wildlife while allowing the destruction of the habitat essential to their survival. Fortunately, members of Congress are taking action. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mike Quigley of Illinois have introduced the bipartisan Safeguarding Endangered Species Act (H.R. 9901). This bill would stop the ESA “Harm” rule and preserve longstanding protections against habitat destruction that kills or injures imperiled wildlife. In the Senate, Senators Adam Schiff of California and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island have introduced S.J. Res. 204, a Congressional Review Act resolution that would also stop the new rule. Unlike most legislation, Congressional Review Act resolutions can pass the Senate with only a simple majority vote, giving lawmakers a clear path to reversing this harmful change. We cannot afford to weaken safeguards for endangered wildlife and the habitats that sustain them. By speaking out now, we can help stop the ESA “Harm” rule and restore protections for threatened and endangered species. Tell Congress: Overturn the ESA “Harm” rule. Support H.R. 9901 and S.J. Res. 204. Defend the habitat protections that species need to survive and recover. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-congress-to-stop-the-esa-harm-rule