1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

Right now, you stand at a moment that will determine whether the United States continues to fight extinction — or becomes complicit in accelerating it. Imagine a world where the great white shape of a Polar Bear is no longer seen moving across Arctic ice. Imagine coral reefs without the silent flight of the Giant Manta Ray above them. Imagine beaches where the moon rises but no Sea Turtles crawl from the sand to the sea. That future is not hypothetical. It is exactly the direction Congress is moving toward with the proposed ESA Amendments Act of 2025. For more than fifty years, the Endangered Species Act has been one of the most effective conservation laws ever written. Since 1973, it has prevented the extinction of the overwhelming majority of protected species and helped safeguard more than 1,600 plants and animals that were pushed to the brink by human activity. The ESA represents a promise: that the United States will not knowingly allow species to disappear forever. The ESA Amendments Act of 2025 shatters that promise. This legislation would weaken the very protections that endangered wildlife rely on to survive. It would allow economic considerations to override scientific determination, placing profit ahead of life itself. Species already hanging by a thread — including Chinook Salmon, the magnificent Blue Whale, and vulnerable shark populations — would face even greater risk of collapse. This is not regulatory reform. It is the dismantling of one of the last legal barriers standing between vulnerable species and permanent extinction. Extinction is irreversible. Once a species is gone, it is gone for the rest of human history. No vote in Congress, no future funding bill, no scientific breakthrough can bring it back. What you destroy now will remain destroyed forever. If this bill passes, Congress will be knowingly choosing to weaken protections at a time when biodiversity loss is accelerating worldwide and ecosystems are already under extreme pressure. The consequences will echo far beyond wildlife. Collapsing ecosystems mean collapsing fisheries, destabilized food chains, and damaged coastal economies that millions of Americans rely on. Future generations will ask who allowed this to happen. They will look back at this moment and ask why Congress chose to dismantle one of the most successful conservation laws ever created while species were already disappearing at alarming rates. Do not let this Congress be remembered as the one that opened the door to extinction. Reject the ESA Amendments Act of 2025. Defend the Endangered Species Act before irreversible damage is done. The survival of countless species — and the integrity of the natural world itself — depends on your decision.