For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has helped protect America's most imperiled animals and plants. Now, the Senate is preparing to consider legislation that would weaken several of the law's core safeguards.
Born Free USA is deeply concerned that the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (S. 5653) would weaken protections for threatened and endangered wildlife by underminind science-based protections, shifting critical responsibilities to states, and limiting responses to emerging threats.
Species impacted include the wolverine, Florida panther, Monarch butterfly, North Atlantic right whale, and the American bumble bee, among many other species we love and rely on across the nation.
