Special interests are proposing to permanently weaken Illinois’ Endangered Species Protection Board by deferring wildlife protections to Federal agencies controlled by the Trump Administration.

Ask your elected officials in Congress, Springfield, and Chicago City Hall to pass bird-friendly policies.

This will inevitably destroy critical habitat that Openlands and others are seeking to restore and protect with proposed laws in the balance like the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act.

National Monuments protect ecologically unique areas, they enshrine our national history, and they preserve the heritage and culture of indigenous nations.

LWCF is the primary source of federal money that pays for improvements to public lands. One pending bill would require the Fund’s full annual appropriation to be used only for supporting the LWCF.