Write a Letter to the Editor for Endangered Species

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Without the Endangered Species Act (ESA), hundreds of the most beloved wildlife species might well be extinct. Unfortunately, not every elected official in Washington, D.C. seems to understand just how important the ESA is.

Make sure your elected officials in Washington know that people back home care about saving imperiled species. Decision makers read their local papers, so please write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in your state using the tool we've provided below.

Writing a Letter to the Editor is Easy!

  • Your personal words matter most. One personalized letter explaining your individual perspective, experience, and knowledge is worth more than 100 duplicate letters.
  • Your letter can (and should) be brief. Most newspapers will accept letters up to 150 words in length.
  • Your letter shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes. We've provided some copy points to help get you thinking. You can submit through your local paper's website, or use the tool at the bottom of this page.

One Last Thing

Please let us know if your letters gets published by sending it to feedback@environmental-action.org.

Step 1 - Select a Recipient

Pick a local newspaper, we'll provide some pointers to help you write your letter.

Look for papers within miles of zip code

Step 2 - Write your message





Click on a point to add it to the letter.
  • Scientists say that we are on the brink of a human-caused mass extinction crisis in which we could lose three quarters of the world's species. Species simply cannot evolve quickly enough to survive significant human threats.

  • Earlier this year, a key Congressional committee advanced four separate bills that would weaken this bedrock conservation law. The same committee also voted to eliminate ESA protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 United States.

  • Elected officials from our state should be strengthening the ESA, not weakening it.

  • We owe it to future generations to save threatened and endangered wildlife from extinction.

  • Species loss can change entire ecosystems. The ESA protects biodiversity and the healthy ecosystems we need for clean air and water.

  • The ESA is effective. Without the Endangered Species Act (ESA), hundreds of the most beloved wildlife species in America might well be extinct. These species include American bald eagles, North Atlantic right whales, grizzly bears and gray wolves.

  • The ESA's habitat protections for threatened and endangered wildlife have spared beautiful wild places across the country from commercial mining, logging, oil and gas operations, and other destructive development.

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