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/wildlife-needs-you-oppose-the-big-extinction-bill?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-wildlife-needs-you-oppose-the-big-extinction-bill' 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/000/453/402/normal/usfws-wolves-kanuti-national-wildlife-refuge.jpeg Congress should be funding the programs that protect and recover our endangered wildlife, public lands, rivers, and wetlands. Instead, the House’s version of the Department of Interior funding bill, H.R. 9171, is packed with harmful poison-pill riders that would dismantle safeguards for some of America’s most vulnerable species. That’s why we call H.R. 9171 the House’s Big Extinction Bill, 2026 version. The House’s bill includes more than 30 poison-pill riders - unrelated to funding essential government services - that would weaken Endangered Species Act protections, block science-based wildlife recovery, and put vital habitat at risk. Among its many harms, H.R. 9171 would: • Strip Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves across the country. • Eliminate protections for grizzly bears and block efforts to restore grizzlies to the North Cascades and Bitterroot ecosystems. • Block enforcement of Endangered Species Act protections for wolverines. • Prevent new science from guiding public-land planning for Canada lynx and weaken their critical-habitat protections. • Shrink protected habitat for northern spotted owls by millions of acres. • Prevent common-sense limits on lead ammunition and fishing gear on public lands and waters, threatening wetland birds such as whooping cranes. The Endangered Species Act is America’s strongest and most effective law for preventing extinction. It protects wildlife and the habitats they need to survive, while ensuring that decisions are guided by science, not political interference. Gray wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines, spotted owls, wetland birds, and countless other species deserve a real chance at recovery. Congress must not abuse the government funding process to erase decades of conservation progress. Take action today: Tell your U.S. Representative to oppose H.R. 9171 and reject the House’s Big Extinction Bill, 2026 version. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/wildlife-needs-you-oppose-the-big-extinction-bill