On Monday, more than 170 conservation groups released a letter to the Senate in support of the specific Natural Resources Adaptation titles of the Climate Security Act. Signers ranged from major national conservation groups, including the Union of Concerned Scientists and American Rivers, to regional and local organizations such as the Healing our Waters Great Lakes Coalition and Grand Canyon Wildlands Council.

This latest letter follows up on a broad call for dedicated funding from global warming legislation to protect wildlife and natural resources from global warming. Earlier this year, 700 grassroots hunting and fishing organizations called on members of Congress to “cosponsor climate change legislation that includes dedicated funding for fish and wildlife conservation and restoration through a 'cap and trade' system and achieves a 2 percent per year reduction in pollution from carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.”

This letter was followed up by 30 national hunting and fishing groups, specifically endorsing the natural resources titles in the Climate Security Act.

Additionally, 600 biologists and climate scientists signed a letter saying that “Congress must craft legislation that greatly reduces greenhouse gas pollution and generates substantial dedicated funding to protect and restore wildlife and ecosystems harmed by global warming.”

The National Wildlife Federation circulated a new report to senators yesterday highlighting the "urgent need for climate change legislation."

We see this as perhaps the most important conservation bill we have ever worked on, both because of the emissions reductions, as well as protections for natural resources threatened by inevitable global warming," said John Kostyack of the National Wildlife Federation.