The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to strip federal Endangered Species Act protection from wolves in almost all of the lower 48 states — including Washington. This could be a devastating blow, returning us to the days when wolves were shot on sight, killed in traps and relentlessly persecuted.

To make matters worse: Washington’s wildlife agency has sent a letter to the Trump administration supporting this plan and claiming that it will protect the state’s wolves if they lose federal protections.

We know that’s not true.

The agency has a long history of gunning down wolves within state borders anywhere federal protections don’t apply. If wolves lose these protections in the rest of the state, the agency will expand its atrocious wolf-killing program.

But there’s something we can do.

The proposal to delist wolves has been slammed as fundamentally flawed by a panel of scientists, who found that it contains misleading statements and erroneous scientific interpretations.

Washington’s Governor Jay Inslee has made science a hallmark of his administration and in the bills he’s championed to protect Washington’s environment. We can call on Gov. Inslee to stand up for scientific integrity and rein in his rogue wildlife agency.

Urge Gov. Inslee to officially tell the Service that he opposes removing federal wolf protections.

For the greatest impact, add a few sentences of your own at the start of our form letter.