Replacing enforceable…

Replacing enforceable habitat laws with voluntary measures shifts responsibility away from government and onto private landowners, creating dangerous gaps in species protection. Our most vulnerable species cannot afford this. If passed, this act would leave at-risk birds, turtles, and other wildlife without enforceable safeguards for the forests, wetlands, and grasslands they depend on to survive.

The proposed legislation would reduce protection to only active nests or dwellings - ignoring decades of science that shows species need full, connected ecosystems to persist and recover.

We need to protect our biodiversity now more than ever, it should be first priority. We shouldn't be overturning species protection legislation to build houses, and that's that.