Endangered

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Endangered

SPECIES

ACT

On March 31, 2026, we gathered in protest because the stakes for wildlife, people, and the future of the Endangered Species Act could not be higher. For the first time in more than 30 years, the Trump administration convened the Endangered Species Committee, often called the “God Squad,” to grant a sweeping exemption from the Endangered Species Act for offshore oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has been one of the strongest and most effective laws in the United States for preventing extinction. It has helped protect wildlife on the brink and safeguard the habitats that sustain all life. The March 31 protest was about defending that legacy and standing up for a future where decisions about endangered species are guided by science, transparency, and responsibility.

But our gathering was also about something deeper. It was about values.

We were honored to be joined by Avery Davis Lamb, Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries. Creation Justice Ministries works to educate and mobilize Christians to protect, restore, and rightly share God’s creation.

Avery Davis Lamb brought an essential perspective to the March 31 protest. At a moment when endangered species and fragile ecosystems are under increasing threat, faith voices help remind us that this work is not only political or scientific. It is also moral. It asks what kind of people we want to be, what kind of world we want to leave behind, and whether we are willing to act with care toward the living world entrusted to us.

That perspective matters.