u/Lover_of_Rewilding

It’s earth day! We all talk so much about all the sadness and doom and gloom that faces the natural world, it’s refreshing to discuss the victories that we do have! And what better day to do that than on Earth Day? So, let us come together as lovers of rewilding, and celebrate what we love so much, before we return to the typical day to day debates and controversies.

The photo above was taken by me during my trip to Alberta last summer. I’m no professional photographer but I still like this picture. Just makes me smile seeing the baby mountain goat with its mother and I hope it makes you smile too!😊

Quote from the Email sent to me:

“H.R. 1897 would strip away the core safeguards of the Endangered Species Act by:

Slowing protections for plants and wildlife already in crisis by replacing the current one-year deadline for listing decisions with a multi-year work plan, potentially delaying decisions for years while populations continue declining.

Limiting critical habitat protections to places species occupy today, which ignores the reality that wildlife need room to recover and move as the climate changes.

Weakening how science is utilized in decision-making by narrowing how long-term threats are evaluated and giving greater weight to political and local data over independent scientific expertise. It would also eliminate meaningful mitigation for habitat destruction, making it much harder to prevent projects from pushing species closer to extinction.

Reducing environmental review for projects that harm endangered wildlife and states to choose whether they adopt federal protections for threatened species. That would create a patchwork of inconsistent protections for animals that cross state lines and depend on connected landscapes to survive.

At a time when wildlife faces accelerating habitat loss, drought, development, and climate change, this bill moves us in the wrong direction.”

If we aren’t gonna use force to make change, we might as well use our voices. I pray I am not yet again disappointed by a lack of action. The link for the petition is below:

https://action.wildearthguardians.org/page/96592/action/1?ea.url.id=4879888&forwarded=true