At urgent risk: Our most powerful tool for protecting birds

Save this critical conservation law [National Audubon Society]( [Help needed: Save this critical conservation law.]( [Start Your Monthly Gift]( The Endangered Species Act is at risk. Sustain our fight to save it. Bald Eagle. Consider the resilience of the Bald Eagle. Once near extinction, it’s managed to bounce back, thanks in large part to the Endangered Species Act. But now the administration is trying to weaken the law—which could put recovery out of reach for our most vulnerable birds. This is the latest in a long-running string of attacks on the ESA. Now is the time to prove our commitment to save it. [Can we count on you, through the ongoing fight for the Endangered Species Act? Start your monthly gift today. You’ll lend us the strength to uphold the protections birds need—and the staying power to see them through every challenge to come.]( Since its inception, the ESA has rescued some of America’s most critically imperiled birds, like the Bald Eagle, the Peregrine Falcon, and the Brown Pelican. It’s our strongest wildlife conservation measure—and with a 99% success rate in preventing extinction, one of our most effective. But the administration and some in Congress are now floating changes that could dangerously compromise its power: They want to cut its protections for threatened species. They want to let economic considerations influence the process at the expense of science. And they want to make it more difficult to protect critical habitat. Their aim? To critically undermine the ESA, and take it so far down that it can’t bounce back. And that’s just one way the administration threatens birds and their habitats. So it’s one more test of our toughness. [We won’t waver, not when we can count on the strength you share with your recurring gift every month.]( We defend the ESA through every attempt to lay it low, and stand up for key conservation laws whenever they’re threatened. In the long-term battle to protect the birds we love and the places they need, we’re determined and resilient. But we need to know: [Will you give us the grit to see this fight to the finish? Will you please sustain this vital work with your monthly gift?]( Sincerely, The National Audubon Society [Donate Now]( Photo: Jeff Meaux/Audubon Photography Awards. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) [audubon.org]( © 2018 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Pause email for two weeks]( [Update your email address or unsubscribe](