We need your help to send a strong message to Oregon’s Governor and Congressional Delegation
We want them to stand up for the Endangered Species Act and reform the Federal Flood Insurance Program to ensure that it protects our environment, our communities, and our tax dollars.
Click here for more information on efforts to reform the flood insurance program.
Take ActionThanks to a lawsuit brought by Bird Alliance of Oregon and partner conservation groups, the Federal Government has recognized that the Federal Flood Insurance Program is harming salmon in direct violation of the Endangered Species Act. FEMA, the agency that administers the Federal Flood Insurance Program, is now required to implement new regulations that will help ensure that development in Oregon’s floodplains is done responsibly and the impacts to federally listed salmon are reduced.
Big development interests oppose these new regulations—they want to continue to enjoy low cost, low accountability, taxpayer subsidized flood insurance when they build in flood prone areas. Unfortunately some of Oregon’s politicians are putting the interests of big developers ahead of the health of our environment, the safety of our communities, and the costs to taxpayers. Congressman DeFazio with the support of Governor Brown is trying to exempt FEMA from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act—an outrageous strategy that will weaken one of our most important wildlife laws and which will prevent reform of one of this nation’s most badly managed subsidies.
