The decision to pull Westerman’s ESA rollback bill (H.R. 1897) from floor consideration is good news for the Endangered Species Act, threatened and endangered wildlife and for the millions of people who care about protecting nature and cherished species.
North Atlantic right whales are dangerously close to extinction with fewer than 400 individuals remaining and only an estimated 70 reproductively active females. The loss of even a single whale, particularly a reproductive female or calf, has serious consequences for the survival of the species.
The Endangered Species Coalition is condemning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s newly announced request for information on implementation of the gray wolf nonessential experimental population rule in Colorado.