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Save the Redwoods The Save the Redwoods League is the "leader of the movement
to preserve the coast redwood and giant sequoia, the League has
assisted in permanently protecting hundreds of thousands of acres of
redwood forestland."
The world's largest living organism must be protected!
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 | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- This is a controversial subject, but everyone knows that destroying
an entire eco-system for less than 5 years of oil is not a smart move.
“Energy conservation measures could easily save more oil than what exists under the Refuge.” Patagonia"If
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was used to meet 100% of U.S.
demand, it would last for 215 days under the low estimate, and 525 days
or just 1.4 years..." See more.
Write a letter to show your concern about this important eco-system.
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| Earth Island Institute
- "develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological
and cultural diversity that sustain the environment. Through education
and activism, these projects promote the conservation, preservation,
and restoration of the Earth." |
| | Restore.org, who’s mission
is “...(1) creation of a 3.2-million-acre Maine Woods National Park;
(2) recovery of the extirpated and imperiled wildlife, including the
eastern timber wolf, Canada lynx, and Atlantic salmon; and (3) recovery
and protection of wild forests in New England.” |
 | Great Plains Restoration Council -
They are working "step-by-step by bringing indigenous prairies back and
restoring
healthy, sustainable communities to the Great Plains. From the Indian
reservation to the prairie inner city to the High Plains outback and
beyond, GPRC brings people together to establish creative, effective
solutions that enhance and respect our natural environment, native
wildlife, and the health and dignity of all people."
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 | Best Friends - works "with humane groups all across the country -- to bring about a time when there are no more homeless pets."
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| PANNA (Pesticide Action Network North America)works
to "replace pesticide use with ecologically sound and socially just
alternatives. As one of five PAN Regional Centers worldwide, we link
local and international consumer, labor, health, environment and
agriculture groups into an international citizens' action network. This
network challenges the global proliferation of pesticides, defends
basic rights to health and environmental quality, and works to insure
the transition to a just and viable society." |
| HawkWatch International -
Their mission is to "conserve our environment through education,
long-term monitoring, and scientific research on raptors as indicators
of ecosystem health."
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| Natural Resources Defense Council -
NRDC is the "nation's most effective environmental action organization.
We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online
activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to
ensure a safe and healthy
environment for all living things."
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| Mongabay |
| | Forest Ethics
This organization uses a revolutionary new approach to saving forests
endangered
by destructive companies. When they "find that Endangered Forests are
being destroyed, [they] determine which corporations are purchasing the
products of that destruction. If a corporation refuses to change its
practices, [they] hold that company publicly accountable — with
protests, websites, email campaigns, national advertisements, and more.
And when a company is ready to protect Endangered Forests, [they] help
them implement sound policies.." |
 | Light Hawk is
the
"largest and oldest volunteer-based environmental aviation organization
in North America. [They] have completed thousands of flight missions
involving more than 700 flights each year for hundreds of partners
throughout ten countries in North and Central America.
Our missions have addressed a broad range of issues, strengthening our
partners' efforts by offering the aerial perspective on the issues they
consider critical and enabling them to gather data and documentation
for their campaigns. But most of all, the view from above speaks for
itself, providing breathtaking clarity of understanding." |
| | Wild Trout Trust
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The WTT works in Ireland and Britian. "Acting as a catalyst in
stimulating hands-on, in-the-water, habitat-improvement projects at a
grass-roots
level – effectively helping others to help themselves in the most
cost-effective and efficient way." "It is the only national body
dedicated to the protection and survival of this iconic fish species, a
living – and too often dying – indicator of the health of
the landscape around us." |
| Rocky Mountain Recreation Initiative
“supports recreation planning that maintains wildlife habitat, wetlands and other elements of healthy ecosystems.” |
| | Aquatic Protection Agency
- their mission is to "protect our fragile marine ecosystems through
prevention
of toxic pollution which harms our environment. [They] protect our
oceans through education, outreach, research and development, and
in-field programs which detect and eliminate illegal toxic pollution."
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 | Ecocycle
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seeks to "provide publicly accountable recycling, conservation and
education services, and to identify, explore and demonstrate the
sustainable management of resources." |
| Wetlands Restoration and Preservation
- The Chesapeake Bay Program is a "unique regional partnership that
directs and conducts the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. As a
partnership, the Chesapeake Bay Program brings together members of
various state, federal, academic and local watershed organizations to
build and adopt policies that support Bay restoration. Each
organization in the partnership
has a unique set of strengths, and by combining resources from the
individual organizations, the Bay Program is able to follow a unified
plan for restoration." |
 | Sustainable Fisheries Foundation is a non-profit organization "dedicated to the protection, enhancement, and wise use of fisheries resources in the Pacific Northwest. Our mission is to promote a balanced approach to fisheries management – one based on sound ecological and economic principles – to ensure that fish populations remain viable, productive, and accessible to future generations." |
 | Pacific Whale Foundation
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"In the Hawaiian tradition of listening to the sea and showing respect
for the ecological diversity that evolved over millennia, Pacific Whale
Foundation is protesting the U.S. Navy's plans for
testing and utilizing LFA, a new type of powerful sonar in the world's oceans." |
