Born Free USA joined other animal welfare groups in a letter opposing new bill introduced by Senator John Barrasso. Titled the “Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018,” the bill would weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the nation’s foremost wildlife protection law, by undermining the ESA’s reliance on science, especially in recovering species; giving states the ability to veto endangered species restoration projects; making it harder to protect imperiled species by requiring recovery goals at the same time as listing; undermining citizen court access and reduce public involvement and agency accountability; and slowing agency conservation actions by requiring cumbersome and unnecessary new procedures.