Tell Your US Representative to Cosponsor the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org):

Decades ago, manatees filled Florida’s waters and millions of monarchs flocked through our skies. But now, the last generation of manatees, monarchs and more could be just around the corner.

Across the country, there are 1,300 threatened or endangered species that need our help — but beyond that, there are at least 12,000 species that need conservation attention if we’re going to keep them off the Endangered Species List.¹

A manatee can’t take on a motorboat, and a moose can’t take on an 18-wheeler — so it’s up to us to protect imperiled species and prevent thousands more from becoming threatened or endangered.

That’s where you come in: The bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would earmark $1.4 billion for wildlife conservation efforts in our nation’s states.² If it’s going to pass, your representative in the U.S. House needs to hear from you. Tell your representative to support this legislation by co-sponsoring the act at https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=45711.

When a species loses its habitat, it has nowhere to forage, sleep, eat or restore its population. And we’ve seen this time and time again: as habitats disappear, so too do everything from bees to bison herds.

Down in Florida, the 130 remaining Florida panthers are struggling to rebuild a once-thriving population.³ Over in Michigan, the 600 surviving moose face the same challenge.⁴

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act could help the 1,300 threatened or endangered species heal — and since it enables proactive conservation efforts, it could also keep the rest of those 12,000 species from finding their way onto the threatened or endangered species list.

Stand up to protect these species.

With resources in tow, state agencies could not only plant native milkweed for our monarchs or build wildlife crossings for California mountain lions, but they could also give thousands more species — from moose in Michigan to the California floater mollusk — the attention they deserve.

These animals didn’t ask for the development that hurts their habitats. But with the compounded consequences of human-driven development and climate change, they need us more than ever.

Tell your representative: Co-sponsor the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act.

1. Paul A. Smith, “A ‘game changing’ $1.4 billion wildlife bill reintroduced in Congress has its best chance of passing this time,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 24, 2021.
2. Kat Velez, “Rare panther encounter in Naples,” Fox 4 Southwest Florida, April 9, 2021.
3. “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules subspecies of moose is stable in Michigan and 3 other states,” UpMatters.com, September 15, 2020.
4. Amanda D. Rodewald, “Recovering America through the lens of wildlife,” The Hill, June 11, 2021.