Help Us Educate the Public and Policymakers about Native Plant Conservation
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Help The Native Plant Conservation Campaign Fight For Plants and Science in 2020!
Dear native plant conservation advocate:
This is an awful time for the global environment. Climate and extinction emergencies are putting all life on earth at risk. But the international and scientific communities are fighting back. And we are helping!
Here in the U.S., thanks to your support and hard work, we are making unprecedented progress with groundbreaking native plant conservation initiatives both on Capitol Hill and in the states! Now as we approach the crucial 2020 elections, we need your help more than ever to keep the momentum going. This is the only time we will ask you for money for 2019!
Did you know?
- Legislation to promote native plant conservation (aka “the Botany Bill”) is gaining momentum, with more than 60 cosponsors in the House and the Senate. NPCC Director Emily Roberson joined representatives from Affiliate groups from around the nation on Capitol hill to educate lawmakers about native plants and the bill.
- New bi-partisan legislation to promote the planting of locally appropriate native plants along federal and tribal roads and rights of way has been introduced in the Senate!
- North Carolina and Georgia have joined New Jersey and several local communities in requiring locally adapted native plants to be used for all roadside revegetation projects!
- The Native Plant Conservation Campaign now has 55 Affiliate groups, representing more than 300,000 native plant conservation advocates!
- The NPCC and partners continued our Get Out The Vote for Plants and Wildlife initiative in 2019! We registered voters and helped get them to the polls all over the U.S. More than 16,000 visited our website and more than 100,000 people viewed our Facebook ads. The 2020 election is set to be one of the most important events in this nation’s history.
- The NPCC added a new section on our web page offering tools and information on how native plants are crucial to Nature Based Solutions to climate change and other threats to humanity. In 2019, the United Nations and others launched initiatives promoting Nature Based Solutions to hunger, climate change and other emergencies.
- Under the historic National Seed Strategy, more than 150 projects have been implemented to develop reliable sources of locally adapted native plant materials for restoration and revegetation!
photo 1: New Affiliate the Florida Wildflower Foundation has given native wildflowers gardens to 500 schools
photo 2: New Affiliate the Native Plant Society of Staten Island celebrates their local flora
photo 3: Representatives from the Maryland and Virginia Native Plant Societies chat with Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) about native plant conservation
photo 4: NPCC Director Emily B. Roberson Getting out the Vote at the Florida Native Plants Society state convention
Help the Native Plant Conservation Campaign keep fighting to Save Plants, Save The Planet and Save Ourselves!Donate $25 or more and receive the new NPCC bumper sticker! Proudly show your support for native plant conservation to your neighbors, coworkers, and in your travels!
Donate to the Native Plant Conservation Campaign – Help Plants and the People who Fight for Them!
Fight “Plant Blindness”!
The Native Plant Conservation Campaign needs your help as we fight to conserve the native plants and ecosystems that we rely upon to support and secure our lives, jobs and societies.
Donate to the Native Plant Conservation Campaign by going to the DONATE page on our website or by filling out this donation form and sending us a check.
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To Donate by Check
Checks can be made to:
Native Plant Conservation Campaign
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1459 18th Street
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To Donate Online
Please go to www.plantsocieties.org and click the DONATE button at the top of any page.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. You can reach me by e-mail (danf@plantsocieties.org) or by phone at 415-531-4428.
Thank you for your attention and generosity,
Dan Feldman
Development Director
Native Plant Conservation Campaign
Thank you and let us work together towards a greener and more hopeful 2020!
