Want to help a prairie dog? Here's how...

Did you know that more than two-thirds of all wildlife protected under the Endangered Species Act -- including Utah prairie dogs and other animals -- make their home on private land? Yet conserving habitat for these species has offered few rewards to farmers, ranchers and other landowners … until now.

Please urge your Representative and Senators to support the Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007 (H.R. 1422 and S. 700), important legislation that would help private landowners protect imperiled wildlife that live on their property.

The Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007 would provide tax credits, deductions and exclusions to private landowners who voluntarily take measures to protect and restore endangered species habitat on their lands -- giving imperiled wildlife like Utah prairie dogs a powerful new ally in their struggle to survive.

Our endangered species need all the help they can get. Send your Representative and Senators a message now and urge them to co-sponsor the Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007 (H.R. 1422 and S. 700).

This important bipartisan legislation is awaiting action in both the House and the Senate. If the bill is ever going to become law, we need to make our voices heard right now.

Please take action now to support this important legislation … and help save Utah prairie dogs and other imperiled wildlife on private lands.

Best Regards,

Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife

P.S. In its more than 30-year history, the Endangered Species Act has helped bald eagles, wolves, grizzly bears and many other species claw their way back from the brink of extinction. But with global warming, habitat destruction and so many other ongoing threats, imperiled species need all the friends they can get. Please take action now...