Endangered Species Act

Amendment 83 threatens to change how Colorado makes wildlife policy by giving hunting and fishing special constitutional status. Learn how this proposal could undermine science-based conservation, limit voters’ voices, and make it harder to protect wildlife for future generations.

Only 6% of Colorado residents purchase hunting tags. Even though these folks make up only a tiny minority, state wildlife agencies have historically been in the pocket of the hunting industry. This means that state agencies have managed wildlife exclusively for hunting interests, with other management priorities taking a secondary role.

I have grown milkweed at commercial scale for 35 years. My family has been in the nursery business since 1959, and our farm in Tennessee sits in the middle of the eastern monarch migration corridor. I have watched this crisis unfold from the field, not from a research station or a policy desk, but from the rows where the plants come out of the ground.

Have you heard of permitting reform?
It’s one of the hottest topics in the United States Congress, and four influential Senators recently unveiled a new permitting reform bill aimed at speeding up industrial energy projects of all types, from oil and gas pipelines to wind and solar facilities. Permitting reform changes the rules and timelines that govern how large projects receive government approval.

Seven former leaders of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries have sent a letter to Interior Secretary Douglas Burgum and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging the administration to withdraw its recent rollback of the Endangered Species Act’s definition of “harm.”

From 3-inch fireworms to 6-foot nurse sharks, these reefs are alive.
That statement is subjectively true, but what does it mean for a reef to be alive in today’s world?

Throughout my career as a conservationist, I’ve often been asked some version of the same question:
“Where do you find the motivation? How do you keep from losing hope?”

As Congress considers H.R. 9436, a bill that would further delay protections for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, opposition is clear from constituents and conservation leaders across the East Coast.

Texans Push Back as Offshore Drilling Advances Without Endangered Species Act Safeguards

For generations, fireflies have turned ordinary summer evenings into something magical. Their tiny flashes drift through backyards, fields, forests, and wetlands, creating a natural wonder cherished around the world. For many of us, they are woven into childhood memories, symbols of warm nights, healthy landscapes, and the simple joy of being outside after sunset.

But today, that familiar glow is under threat.