Thank a Wildlife Champion Today
You did it! We started National Wildlife Week with a challenge to add 10 new supporters in the House of Representatives for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. We’re thrilled to report the list has swelled from 11 to 35 Congressional representatives standing up as cosponsors. That’s fantastic progress toward passage of a bill that will be a lifesaver for a third of America’s wildlife—we have thousands of species at risk.
Let’s all give a special round of applause to Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska and Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan for introducing this pro-wildlife legislation.
To put a wild face on the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, we’ve featured one species at risk for the states that have cosponsors so far. Their future is already looking up—thanks to our growing list of #wildlifechampions.
Current Cosponsors of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 4647)
Sharp-shinned hawk. Photo Tim Rains/NPS.
Arkansas
French Hill (R-AR-2) tweet a thank you to Representative Hill
California
Southern sea otter. Photo CDFW.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) tweet a thank you to Representative Carbajal
Anna Eshoo (D-CA-18) tweet a thank you to Representative Eshoo
John Garamendi (D-CA-3) tweet a thank you to Rep. Garamendi
Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) tweet a thank you to Representative Huffman
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19) tweet a thank you to Representative Lofgren
Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47) tweet a thank you to Rep. Lowenthal
Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9) tweet a thank you to Rep. McNerney
Colorado River cutthroat trout. Photo WGFD.
Colorado
Jared Polis (D-CO-2) tweet a thank you to Representative Polis
Scott Tipton (R-CO-3) tweet a thank you to Representative Tipton
Painted bunting. Photo Dan Pancamo/flickr.
Georgia
Hank Johnson (D-GA-4) tweet a thank you to Representative Johnson
Buddy Carter (R-GA-1) tweet a thank you to Representative Carter
Wood frog. Photo Dave Huth.
Illinois
Jan Schakowsky (IL-D-9) tweet a thank you to Representative Schakowsky
Blanding’s turtle. Photo A. Cannizzarro/flickr.
Massachusetts
Seth Moulton (D-MA-6) tweet a thank you to Representative Moulton
Monarch butterfly. Photo Mary Windhorst.
Michigan
Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) (original) tweet a thank you to Representative Dingell
Dan Kildee (MI-D-5) tweet a thank you to Representative Kildee
American badger. Photo Tom Koerner/USFWS.
Missouri
Billy Long (R-MO-7) tweet a thank you to Representative Long
Swift fox. Photo Greg W. Lasley.
Nebraska
Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1) tweet a thank you to Representative Fortenberry
Purple martin. Photo Mike Carlo/USFWS.
New Hampshire
Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH-2) tweet a thank you to Representative Kuster
Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH-1) tweet a thank you to Representative Shea-Porter
Black skimmers. Photo Jack Rogers.
New Jersey
Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ-2) tweet a thank you to Representative LoBiondo
Chris Smith (R-NJ-4) tweet a thank you to Representative Smith
New England cottontail. Photo USFWS.
New York
Elise Stefanik (D-NY-21) tweet a thank you to Representative Stefanik
Nydia Velazquez (D-NY-7) tweet a thank you to Representative Velazquez
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-8) tweet a thank you to Representative Jeffries
American black duck. USGS.
North Carolina
Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) tweet a thank you to Representative Hudson
David Rouzer (R-NC-7) tweet a thank you to Representative Rouzer
Ringtail. Photo David T Wyatt.
Oklahoma
Tom Cole (R-OK-4) tweet a thank you to Representative Cole
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2) tweet a thank you to Representative Mullin
Harbor porpoise. Photo Golden Gate Cetacean Research.
Oregon
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1) tweet a thank you to Representative Bonamici
Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5) tweet a thank you to Representative Schrader
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) tweet a thank you to Representative Blumenauer
Northern flying squirrel. Photo NPS.
Pennsylvania
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-8) tweet a thank you to Representative Fitzpatrick
Tom Marino (R-PA-10) tweet a thank you to Representative Marino
Glenn Thompson (R-PA-5) tweet a thank you to Representative Thompson
Reddish egret. Photo Jack Rogers.
Texas
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX-29) tweet a thank you to Representative Green
Beto O’Rourke (D-TX-16) tweet a thank you to Representative O’Rourke
Wolverine. Photo Robert Postma.
Washington
Suzan DelBene (D-WA-1) tweet a thank you to Representative DelBene
Wildlife can’t speak out in the halls of Congress. Instead, we have to speak up for species in trouble, celebrate every wildlife champion, and step up to find more cosponsors for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act.
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