Wildlife Alert: Is Your Member of Congress on The List?

If you like wildlife, and if you care that we protect America’s wildlife for generations to come, then make sure your Member of Congress is on The List – specifically, the cosponsor list for Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 4647)!

Current Cosponsors of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act:
(listed alphabetically by state after original sponsors)

• Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE-1] (original) tweet a thank you
• Debbie Dingell [D-MI-12] (original) tweet a thank you
  
  
• Kyrsten Sinema [D-AZ-9] tweet a thank you
• French Hill [R-AR-2] tweet a thank you
• Bruce Westerman [R-AR-4] tweet a thank you
• Pete Aguilar [D-CA-31] tweet a thank you
• Karen Bass [D-CA-37] tweet a thank you
• Salud O. Carbajal [D-CA-24] tweet a thank you
• Anna Eshoo [D-CA-18] tweet a thank you
• John Garamendi [D-CA-3] tweet a thank you
• Jared Huffman [D-CA-2] tweet a thank you
• Steve Knight [R-CA-25] tweet a thank you
• Barbara Lee [D-CA-13] tweet a thank you
• Zoe Lofgren [D-CA-19] tweet a thank you
• Alan Lowenthal [D-CA-47] tweet a thank you
• Doris Matsui [D-CA-6] tweet a thank you
• Jerry McNerney [D-CA-9] tweet a thank you
• Grace Napolitano [D-CA-32] tweet a thank you
• Adam Schiff [D-CA-28] tweet a thank you
• Jackie Speier [D-CA-14] tweet a thank you
• Mike Thompson [D-CA-5] tweet a thank you
• Jared Polis [D-CO-2] tweet a thank you
• Scott Tipton [R-CO-3] tweet a thank you
• Joe Courtney [D-CT-2] tweet a thank you
• John Larson [D-CT-1] tweet a thank you
• Charlie Crist [D-FL-13] tweet a thank you
• Carlos Curbelo [R-FL-26] tweet a thank you
• Matt Gaetz [R-FL-1] tweet a thank you
• John Rutherford [R-FL-4] tweet a thank you
• Darren Soto [D-FL-9] tweet a thank you
• Buddy Carter [R-GA-1] tweet a thank you
• Hank Johnson [D-GA-4] tweet a thank you
• Austin Scott [R-GA-8] tweet a thank you
• Mike Simpson [R-ID-2] tweet a thank you
• Rodney Davis [R-IL-13] tweet a thank you
• Daniel Lipinski [D-IL-3] tweet a thank you
• Jan Schakowsky [IL-D-9] tweet a thank you
• Mike Quigley [D-IL-5] tweet a thank you
• Bobby Rush [D-IL-1] tweet a thank you
• Andre Carson [D-IN-7] tweet a thank you
• Lynn Jenkins [R-KS-2] tweet a thank you
• Roger Marshall [R-KS-1] tweet a thank you
• Chellie Pingree [D-ME-1] tweet a thank you
• Anthony Brown [D-MD-4] tweet a thank you
• Seth Moulton [D-MA-6] tweet a thank you
• Jack Bergman [R-MI-1] tweet a thank you
• Dan Kildee [MI-D-5] tweet a thank you
• Tim Walz [D-MN-1] tweet a thank you
• Rick Nolan [D-MN-8] tweet a thank you
• Billy Long [R-MO-7] tweet a thank you
• Jason Smith [R-MO-8] tweet a thank you
• Ann Wagner [R-MO-2] tweet a thank you
• Don Bacon [R-NE-2] tweet a thank you
• Ann M. Kuster [D-NH-2] tweet a thank you
• Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH-1] tweet a thank you
• Leonard Lance [R-NJ-7] tweet a thank you
• Frank A. LoBiondo [R-NJ-2] tweet a thank you
• Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ-3] tweet a thank you
• Donald Norcross [D-NJ-1] tweet a thank you
• Chris Smith [R-NJ-4] tweet a thank you
• Ben Ray Lujan [D-NM-3] tweet a thank you
• Dan Donovan [R-NY-11] tweet a thank you
• John Faso [R-NY-19] tweet a thank you
• Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY-8] tweet a thank you
• Elise Stefanik [D-NY-21] tweet a thank you
• Nydia M. Velazquez [D-NY-7] tweet a thank you
• Lee Zeldin [R-NY-1] tweet a thank you
• Jacky Rosen [D-NV-3] tweet a thank you
• Richard Hudson [R-NC-8] tweet a thank you
• David Rouzer [R-NC-7] tweet a thank you
• Ted Budd [R-NC-13] tweet a thank you
• Marcy Kaptur [D-OH-9] tweet a thank you
• Robert Latta [R-OH-5] tweet a thank you
• Tim Ryan [D-OH-13] tweet a thank you
• Steve Stivers [R-OH-15] tweet a thank you
• Mike Turner [R-OH-10] tweet a thank you
• Tom Cole [R-OK-4] tweet a thank you
• Markwayne Mullin [R-OK-2] tweet a thank you
• Earl Blumenauer [D-OR-3] tweet a thank you
• Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR-1] tweet a thank you
• Peter DeFazio [D-OR-4] tweet a thank you
• Kurt Schrader [D-OR-5] tweet a thank you
• Brendan Boyle [D-PA-13] tweet a thank you
• Matt Cartwright [D-PA-17] tweet a thank you
• Ryan Costello [R-PA-6] tweet a thank you
• Michael Doyle [D-PA-14] tweet a thank you
• Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA-8] tweet a thank you
• Tom Marino [R-PA-10] tweet a thank you
• Glenn Thompson [R-PA-5] tweet a thank you
• Jeff Duncan [R-SC-3] tweet a thank you
• Jim Cooper [D-TN-5] tweet a thank you
• Charles Fleischmann [R-TN-3] tweet a thank you
• David Kustoff [R-TN-8] tweet a thank you
• Michael Burgess [R-TX-26] tweet a thank you
• Joaquin Castro [D-TX-20] tweet a thank you
• Michael Conaway [R-TX-11] tweet a thank you
• Henry Cuellar [D-TX-28] tweet a thank you
• Lloyd Doggett [D-TX-35] tweet a thank you
• Kay Granger [R-TX-12] tweet a thank you
• Gene Green [D-TX-29] tweet a thank you
• Vincente Gonzalez [D-TX-15] tweet a thank you
• Beto O’Rourke [D-TX-16] tweet a thank you
• Pete Sessions [R-TX-32] tweet a thank you
• Lamar Smith [R-TX-21] tweet a thank you
• Filemon Vela [D-TX-34] tweet a thank you
• Rob Wittman [R-VA-1] tweet a thank you
• Peter Welch [D-VT-AL] tweet a thank you
• Suzan DelBene  [D-WA-1] tweet a thank you
• Derek Kilmer [D-WA-6] tweet a thank you
• Dave Reichert [R-WA-8] tweet a thank you
• Mark Pocan [D-WI-2] tweet a thank you
• Aumua Amata [R-American Samoa-At Large] tweet a thank you
• Stacey Plaskett [D-Virgin Islands-At Large] tweet a thank you

(Don’t see your member on this list? ASK THEM to join!)

Americans Like Wildlife

The fact is, a lot of Americans care deeply about wildlife. Beyond the reasons we know to be true but are hard to quantify (what’s more American than a bald eagle soaring over a landscape of mountains and amber waves of grain?), here are a few numbers that demonstrate just how much Americans care for wildlife:

• 6 million Americans enjoy fishing, hunting or wildlife-associated recreation.
• Wildlife watching (observing, feeding, and photographing wildlife) alone contributes nearly $80 billion, and together with hunting and fishing these activities generate $156 billion.
• Wildlife lovers who hunt, fish, bird, hike, camp, and watch wildlife from their backyards have helped generate an $887 billion outdoor recreation economy that directly supports 6 million jobs.

Still not convinced? Here are some even more specific examples:

• A single black-backed oriole contributed nearly $224,000 to Berks County, Pennsylvania when more than 1,800 birdwatchers from across the country flocked to see it at the suburban backyard birdfeeder where it was spotted in January 2017.
• 2016’s massive die-off of mountain whitefish resulted in the closure of an 183 mile section of Yellowstone River, resulting in an economic loss to businesses in Park County, Montana of up to $524,000.

But right now, we are in the midst of a wildlife crisis. One-third of all wildlife across America are at increased risk of extinction, with a whopping 8,000 species identified as in urgent need of conservation efforts by state wildlife agencies. From migratory birds, to bees and butterflies, to frogs and salamanders, to bats and rabbit-like pikas, to tortoises and even freshwater mussels—once abundant populations of our nation’s most diverse fish and wildlife are now facing steep declines because of habitat loss, disease, or other threats.

Logically, then: if Americans love wildlife, and with America’s wildlife at a crisis point, then Americans’ representatives in Congress must care about protecting wildlife.

So once again – is your member of Congress on the list to cosponsor Recovering America’s Wildlife Act? Reach out today and get your representative on the list!