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Protect Ocean Life Through a Comprehensive National Policy!
Target: Nancy Sutley, Chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Sponsored by: Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Sponsored by: Marine Conservation Biology Institute
President Obama's Ocean Policy Task Force has issued science-based recommendations for a national policy to govern, protect, maintain and restore ocean habitat. This unprecedented report is the first time we've had a common vision for governing the 4.4 million square miles of America's marine waters.
If adopted, implemented and funded, the recommendations would usher in a new era of ocean management -- one based on environmental stewardship. Just imagine the impact we could have if, rather than the hodgepodge of agencies and laws that currently govern oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes, we work together to restore the health of these critical ecosystems!
Urgent: the comment period ends on October 17. Tell the White House Council on Environmental Quality that you support a comprehensive national policy to protect, maintain and restore our oceans and coasts.
If adopted, implemented and funded, the recommendations would usher in a new era of ocean management -- one based on environmental stewardship. Just imagine the impact we could have if, rather than the hodgepodge of agencies and laws that currently govern oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes, we work together to restore the health of these critical ecosystems!
Urgent: the comment period ends on October 17. Tell the White House Council on Environmental Quality that you support a comprehensive national policy to protect, maintain and restore our oceans and coasts.
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We took action on “Protect Ocean Life Through a Comprehensive National Policy!”:
# 5,804:
11:37 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Candy LeBlanc, California
# 5,803:
10:48 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Melissa Barouch, California
# 5,802:
10:42 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Lorali Wyant, California
# 5,801:
10:29 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Emma Ward, Massachusetts
# 5,800:
9:52 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Tracy G., New Hampshire
# 5,799:
9:36 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Yamary Porro, Florida
Dear Chairwoman Sutley, Thank you for coordinating the release of the new National Ocean Policy. Our country needs a comprehensive and coordinated national plan that will protect, maintain, and recover America's oceans. We rely on healthy oceans for food, medicine, oxygen, jobs, leisure and inspiration. At this point in our nation's history, we need a strong national stewardship statement for our waters that will ensure current and future Americans have resilient, bountiful oceans. The National Ocean Policy is well-crafted, and I am particularly glad to see that it insists on ecosystem based management and marine spatial planning to achieve real results in the water. Thank you again, and keep up the good work. Sincerely, Yamary Porro
Dear Chairwoman Sutley, Thank you for coordinating the release of the new National Ocean Policy. Our country needs a comprehensive and coordinated national plan that will protect, maintain, and recover America's oceans. We rely on healthy oceans for food, medicine, oxygen, jobs, leisure and inspiration. At this point in our nation's history, we need a strong national stewardship statement for our waters that will ensure current and future Americans have resilient, bountiful oceans. The National Ocean Policy is well-crafted, and I am particularly glad to see that it insists on ecosystem based management and marine spatial planning to achieve real results in the water. Thank you again, and keep up the good work. Sincerely, Yamary Porro
# 5,798:
9:17 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Mima Arroyo, California
# 5,797:
8:09 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Shaun Marie Levin, Minnesota
# 5,796:
7:55 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Brandon Young, Louisiana
# 5,795:
7:53 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Ann Stickel, New York
# 5,794:
7:22 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Martha Spencer, Florida
# 5,793:
7:07 pm PDT, Oct 17,
John Bambrick, Illinois
# 5,792:
6:34 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Lillian Orlando, Illinois
# 5,791:
6:19 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Kim Merville, Pennsylvania
# 5,790:
5:52 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Sarah De Sousa, Texas
# 5,788:
4:46 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Name not displayed, Canada
Please! For the Love of Human Decency and Stewardship of our fine Blue Planet! Please take care to use your respected places of power in Honour of the Sanctity of our Oceans! Thank-You
Please! For the Love of Human Decency and Stewardship of our fine Blue Planet! Please take care to use your respected places of power in Honour of the Sanctity of our Oceans! Thank-You
# 5,787:
4:05 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Chanen Mihalich, Pennsylvania
# 5,786:
3:38 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Stacy Samson, Oklahoma
# 5,785:
3:00 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Elizabeth Ortlieb, Tennessee
# 5,784:
2:19 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Lisa Gosnell, Delaware
# 5,783:
12:27 pm PDT, Oct 17,
Ruth Anderson, South Carolina
# 5,782:
11:10 am PDT, Oct 17,
Melissa Menake, New York
# 5,781:
10:24 am PDT, Oct 17,
Hannah Raines, Tennessee
# 5,780:
9:31 am PDT, Oct 17,
Kristin Logerquist, Illinois
# 5,779:
9:13 am PDT, Oct 17,
Yuka Persico, California
# 5,778:
7:27 am PDT, Oct 17,
Sharon Webb, Tennessee
Please act now, using science based facts, to save our oceans. We don't always have to wait til the eleventh hour.
Please act now, using science based facts, to save our oceans. We don't always have to wait til the eleventh hour.
# 5,777:
7:14 am PDT, Oct 17,
Glenna Mayer, Florida
We must not give up, but keep working towards these goals.
We must not give up, but keep working towards these goals.
# 5,776:
6:28 am PDT, Oct 17,
Sarah Wren, Minnesota
# 5,775:
6:05 am PDT, Oct 17,
Shannon Canada, Georgia
# 5,774:
5:52 am PDT, Oct 17,
Nagat Halloul, New York
# 5,773:
5:04 am PDT, Oct 17,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 5,772:
12:59 am PDT, Oct 17,
Fabiano Ferreira, California
Please assist on our popular will of changing and establishing meaninful legislation to protect and restore the ecosystems that form our coastal, oceans and lakes in order to ensure the longevity and beauty of the creaures and environment that integrate the same.
Please assist on our popular will of changing and establishing meaninful legislation to protect and restore the ecosystems that form our coastal, oceans and lakes in order to ensure the longevity and beauty of the creaures and environment that integrate the same.
# 5,771:
10:20 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Karen Larsen, Colorado
# 5,770:
10:16 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Vanessa Favero, New York
# 5,769:
10:15 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Donnie Lewis, Arkansas
# 5,768:
10:11 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Amanda Siebert, Massachusetts
# 5,767:
9:30 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Donna Benjamin, Oregon
# 5,766:
8:59 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Chris Kotzer, Washington
# 5,765:
8:22 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Keith Wilkinson, Colorado
# 5,764:
8:13 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Sara Zessar, Colorado
# 5,763:
6:28 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Sarah Fritz, New Jersey
Will we keep on destroying until we have nothing left?!
Will we keep on destroying until we have nothing left?!
# 5,762:
6:15 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Robin Dannehower, Florida
Stop making plastic bottles,styrafoam plates,plastic straws and forks spoons and knives. When I was a kid we didn't have plastic bottles of water. or styrafoam trays for our fruits or veggies from the grocery store we had little paper bags to put the food in. Can we go back to that. Just stop with all the plastic bottles that would be a great begining..
Stop making plastic bottles,styrafoam plates,plastic straws and forks spoons and knives. When I was a kid we didn't have plastic bottles of water. or styrafoam trays for our fruits or veggies from the grocery store we had little paper bags to put the food in. Can we go back to that. Just stop with all the plastic bottles that would be a great begining..
# 5,761:
5:02 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Maryann Smale, Maine
We need to do everything we can to protect our precious animals and seas!!
We need to do everything we can to protect our precious animals and seas!!
# 5,760:
3:58 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Tara Harris, Rhode Island
# 5,759:
3:22 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Meredith Anderson, Vermont
# 5,758:
3:12 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Sandra Legler, New York
At present our ocieans are stressed out from overfishing and pollution coming from our industries and farms. We need a coordinated approach to protecting our salt water vital resources. Otherwise the "endless fish populations" of our oceans will run out very soon.
At present our ocieans are stressed out from overfishing and pollution coming from our industries and farms. We need a coordinated approach to protecting our salt water vital resources. Otherwise the "endless fish populations" of our oceans will run out very soon.
# 5,757:
2:50 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Darcy Kashmark, Minnesota
# 5,756:
2:15 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Lucy Padovano, New Jersey
# 5,755:
2:03 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Megan George, California
# 5,754:
1:51 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Annie Laurie, Massachusetts
# 5,753:
1:28 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Carly Fraizer, California
# 5,752:
1:26 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Crystal Vossler, New York
# 5,751:
1:23 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Dianne Miller, California
