Action Alert: Protect the Sage-Grouse Landscape; Wolves Howling "SOS"

Protect the Sage-Grouse's Home on the Range!

In 2015, the Bureau of Land Management, after a historic landscape-scale collaborative planning effort, put forward conservation management plans that would protect the 10-state, 67 million-acre "Sagebrush Sea" habitat of the Greater Sage-Grouse and the myriad other species that depend on it.

In 2019, the previous White House attempted to not only roll back those plans, but tried to accelerate destructive oil and gas drilling development in the Sage-Grouse’s delicate, high-desert habitat.

Thanks to a court decision and a different administration, the BLM has announced a new public comment period to review and update the Greater Sage-Grouse conservation plans.

The move can't come soon enough. Last March, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey issued a report showing that Sage-Grouse populations have declined by 80 percent since 1965—a far greater decline than scientists previously thought.

Take Action!

Comments due by February 7.

Contact the BLM today to tell them that you support the conservation, protection, and restoration of Greater Sage-Grouse habitat on public lands!

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Wolves Howling for Help!

A little over a year ago, against all scientific evidence, the Trump administration made a politically-motivated decision to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list.

And if the Biden administration doesn’t act immediately to put them back on the endangered species list, the gray wolf's—and the ecosystems that rely on them—days could be numbered!

In the absence of federal protection, several states have enacted horrifying new laws allowing for the indiscriminate hunting of gray wolves. In Wisconsin, a shocking wolf hunt massacred over 200 wolves in less than 60 hours!

Since the 1970s, gray wolf populations in the U.S. have rebounded from less than 300 to over 6,000. But wolves still roam less than 10% of their historic range, and could once again be pushed to the brink of extinction!

Gray wolves are an ecosystem guardian across the northern United States. Without wolves to keep other species in check, ecosystems become disrupted, negatively impacting all other wildlife.

Take Action!

Contact U.S. Sec. of Interior Deb Haaland today and urge immediate emergency action to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list!

Email:

feedback@ios.doi.gov

Interior Sec. Deb Haaland: deb_haaland@ios.doi.gov

Principal Deputy Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Martha Williams: Martha_Williams@fws.gov

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife & Parks Shannon Estenoz: shannon_estenoz@ios.doi.gov

Mail:

The Honorable Deb Haaland

Secretary of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Interior

1849 C Street, NW