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We Need Real Conservation Leadership

In his two years on the job of protecting America's wildlife and wildlands, Interior Secretary Kempthorne hasn't listed a single new species under the Endangered Species Act - even though federal biologists warn that at least 280 native species could disappear forever without such protections.

In fact, under Secretary Kempthorne, the Department of the Interior has:

• Repeatedly delayed protections for polar bears - which could disappear from America in 50 years if we continue to do nothing to save them,
• Removed vital federal protections for gray wolves in Greater Yellowstone,
• And denied critical protections for jaguars, wolverines, and other imperiled wildlife.

It is Congress's job to hold the Secretary accountable when he fails to do his job. Please send a message now to urge your U.S. Representative to call for Congressional hearings on Secretary Kempthorne's failure to protect America's wildlife.