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Identifying and protecting keystone species.

Oppose the Oil and Gas Rule Rollback: Comment by August 24!

Monday August 24th marks the end of the comment period for the public to weigh in on the Department of the Interior (DOI)’s proposed rulemaking to rollback the recently-updated bonding requirements that hold oil and gas companies responsible for covering their own clean up costs once they’re finished drilling and cut opportunities for public input of proposed oil and gas lease sales from 90 to 10 days. The proposed rollback effectively passes billions in potential financial liabilities back onto local communities and taxpayers (instead of the companies where it belongs), while simultaneously cutting out the public from having a say in which lands should be leased to oil and gas. This action disregards Westerners who are in almost unanimous agreement that oil and gas companies should be required to pay for clean-up and land restoration costs after drilling is finished.

Photo Credit: Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas. Photo by BLM Wyoming from Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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The Endangered Species Act is at Risk!

This bipartisan law has protected wildlife for more than 50 years

For more than half a century, the Endangered Species Act has reflected a shared national commitment to preventing extinction and protecting the wildlife and wild places that define who we are. Passed in 1973 with overwhelming bipartisan support and signed into law by President Richard Nixon, the ESA established a science-based framework to conserve species and the ecosystems they depend on. It has long stood as a reminder that caring for our natural heritage is a responsibility that crosses political lines.

That legacy is now at risk.

The ESA Amendments Act of 2025 (H.R. 1897) would weaken important provisions of the Endangered Species Act, making it harder for threatened and endangered species to receive the protections they need to survive. Rolling back these safeguards puts decades of conservation progress at risk and undermines the science-based foundation of wildlife protection.

Photo credit: Bald eagle in CO by Alan Stark. Image cropped. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Identifying and protecting keystone species.

Addressing habitat fragmentation.