Please Donate to the Native Plant Conservation Campaign – Support The National Fight for Plant Conservation and Put Science Back in Charge
All of this has made traditional science based advocacy - the foundation of NPCC’s work – much more difficult – and even more crucial. Further, the legal system we rely on to protect the environment is under attack:
- extreme anti-environment, anti-science judges have been appointed to the federal bench
- legal requirements for public and scientific review in planning and decision-making are being ignored or eliminated
In 2018 we must fight back to Save Plants, this Planet and Ourselves. But with normal advocacy methods inoperable, at least temporarily, we are turning to democracy and majority rule to put science back in charge.
Consider:
- The Administration that is rolling back decades of environmental progress has no mandate. They lost the last election by nearly 3 million votes. It will not take many new voters to restore majority rule.
- Polls consistently show that the people of the U.S. support protection of the environment based on reliable science.
Therefore we need to get out the vote to put the law and science back in charge and restore majority rule in the U.S. We are working with partners in Get Out the Vote groups and scientific and environmental organizations to distribute Get Out The Vote for Plants and Science Websites and Materials to make it easier for grassroots advocates to register voters and Get Out The Vote in 2018.
We are seeking tax deductible contributions from leading plant science and conservation groups to support this work
Your organization’s donation will help Get Out The Vote and also support ongoing NPCC projects, including:
- Produce and distribute education and outreach materials that highlight the importance of native plants and ecosystem services
Native Plant Conservation Campaign website, brochures, NPCC News and Action Alerts all inform the public about scientific, political and environmental realities, including attacks on science and conservation.
Fight Plant Blindness!
The Native Plant Conservation Campaign needs your help as we fight “Plant Blindness” and conserve the native plants that we rely upon to support and secure our lives, jobs and societies.
Important Plant Areas
We are working with local Affiliates to identify botanically significant areas in each region of the U.S. The IPA Showcase will help guide agencies, land trusts and other land managers in conserving our flora. It will celebrate the vital work of plant groups in recognizing and protecting these beautiful places.
As loss of natural areas and climate change accelerate, landscaping and gardening with locally adapted natives is becoming ever more important in helping to provide habitat, corridors and refugia, for native plants and wildlife. We are working with national and regional groups to provide information on what species to plant and where to find them.
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*For a gift of $250 or more you will be able to "Adopt" an Important Plant Area. We will send you pictures and information about an Important Plant Area in the United States and a link to the Native Plant Society or Conservation Group that made it happen.
Your donations to the Native Plant Conservation Campaign are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
To Donate by Check
Checks can be made to:
Native Plant Conservation Campaign
PMB 151
1459 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
To Donate Online
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.
With deepest thanks for your great work, concern and generosity,
Dan Feldman
Development Director
Native Plant Conservation Campaign
Thank you and let us work together towards a greener and more democratic 2018!
Suppresion of science by the Trump administraton is Accelerating. (See articles below).
