22 Days to Comment on Trump’s ESA Rollbacks. Send Postcards to Defend the Endangered Species Act and the Nature it Protects
For decades, the vast majority of Americans have supported strong protections for our wildlife — from bald eagles to polar bears to Pacific Northwest salmon.
At a time when politics are increasingly divisive, more than four out of five Americans support the ESA. Additionally, most Americans believe biodiversity is important to their everyday lives and that protecting it should be a national priority.
Postcards are especially powerful because they let you involve your community and amplify your impact. Invite people to gather for a postcard writing party, host a table for postcard writing at community events, or host your own event for postcard writing.
Trump’s political appointees are once again taking aim at the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
On November 19th, 2025, the Trump administration proposed rules to weaken the ESA, taking away protections for over a thousand of the most vulnerable species and their critical habitats in the United States.
The public comment period is open now, but not for long.
To get started, download your choice of free postcards. Send the image file to your local printer for pick-up, or send the image to a print company that ships directly to you.
Below, we’ve provided talking points on the Endangered Species Act rule changes to help you be as clear as possible. You can use these points to get started. It’s easy because the talking points are matched to the postcards. On the back of the postcard, you will see the talking point, the docket number, and the mailing address.
Now you can start writing! (Click the image to download the corresponding postcard).
Understanding the Proposed Changes to the ESA and why we oppose them
Rule Docket Number FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0029
- If the blanket rule is removed, it will deprive newly listed threatened animal and plant species from automatically receiving protections from killing, trapping, and other forms of prohibited “take.” Species now proposed for listing, like the Florida manatee, California spotted owl, Greater sage grouse, and Monarch butterfly, could be left unprotected for years even after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes the listings.
- I urge you to withdraw this proposal. Delaying protections for “threatened” species leaves them vulnerable to becoming endangered.
Rule Docket Number: FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0039
- I urge you to withdraw this proposal. Endangered Species Act listings must be guided by science and prohibit economic considerations. Federal agencies should not be allowed to take actions that push listed species closer to extinction.
- I urge you to withdraw this proposal. Industry should not get a “rubber stamp” for projects that put federally endangered species more at risk.
- The narrowing of the definition of “critical habitat” to exclude currently unoccupied but historic habitat would be disastrous. Historic habitat is vital for the recovery of imperiled species, especially as the areas where they currently live shrink due to the rapidly changing climate and the chain effects of ongoing biodiversity loss.
- I urge you to withdraw this proposal. Critical habitat protections should be strengthened, but this proposal does the very opposite by making it harder to designate critical habitat and allowing destruction to designated critical habitat.
Rule Docket Number: FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0044
- I urge you to maintain strong compliance measures for federal agencies. The proposed rule makes it easier to greenlight destructive activities, such as logging or drilling. These actions will put protected species in harm’s way.
- ESA Section 7 calls for interagency cooperation. When federal agencies coordinate, share information, and carefully evaluate the impacts of their actions, they help prevent avoidable harm and promote long-term conservation.
- Strong interagency collaboration upholds the law and, importantly, strengthens transparency, improves decision-making, and reflects our shared responsibility to safeguard biodiversity for future generations.
Rule Docket Number: FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0048
- I urge you to keep the analysis method for determining critical habitat, habitat that are essential to species recovery
- I am concerned this proposal will lead to extinctions. It will exclude too much area from critical habitat designations. Habitat loss is the top driver of species extinction.
- In the United States, species proposed for listing, such as the Monarch butterfly and the Bethany Beach firefly, will need critical habitat protections. Science-based critical habitat designations are essential to truly recover endangered species.
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