Dear NRDC Supporter,

Wildlife keeps disappearing, victims of endless human encroachment, habitat loss, and a worsening climate crisis.

Today, on Endangered Species Day, there's something you can do to help us better protect them:

Today ONLY: Your gift will be triple matched, up to $80,000, to back NRDC's work in and out of court to save vulnerable wildlife and protect our one and only planet. Even $5 makes a big difference!

Bird populations plummeting. Bee colonies collapsing. Whales on the razor's edge of extinction. These are warning signs for us.

Our fate is inextricably linked to wildlife. Because when wildlife disappears, ecosystems literally collapse — and human life depends on healthy ecosystems for things like clean air, clean water, food security, and resilience to a changing climate.

But I'm an optimist because NRDC has a 50+ year track record of achieving the seemingly impossible. Your gift of just $5 matched THREE times until midnight tonight will help us win for wildlife, just like we won in:

• 1972: Donors like you supported NRDC's full-throated campaign to pass the Clean Water Act. That law is why we no longer have to watch rivers catch fire. Your 3x-MATCHED $5 donation helps us defend clean water for wildlife and our children >>
• 1987: Supporters backed our litigation, research, and advocacy to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals and close the gaping ozone hole over Antarctica. Your gift today makes TRIPLE the impact to restrict harmful chemicals, like the toxic pesticides decimating bees and other pollinators >>
• 1990: After the Exxon Valdez disaster, the generosity of our members helped us pass the Oil Pollution Act, which forces Big Oil to clean up and restore ecosystems they trash. Donate just $5 and make 3x the difference to defend wildlife against Big Oil's toxic legacy >>
• 2019: Your generosity helped us pass the largest wilderness designation in 25 years, including 1.3 million acres of habitat and 620 miles of rivers. Make a 3x MATCHED gift of $5 to preserve forests and wetlands critical to biodiversity >>
• 2024: Your action helped protect 13 million acres in Alaska's pristine Arctic Reserve from oil and gas drilling that would devastate our climate and the region's caribou, polar bears, and other wildlife. Your 3x-MATCHED $5 donation will help us expand our fight to protect the Arctic >>

These aren't just NRDC's victories. They were made possible by people like you who cared enough to support our work.

Will you be there for wildlife this Endangered Species Day?

Donate $5 before midnight and make THREE TIMES the difference for wildlife and for the planet we all rely upon.

My father always told me pessimists may be right more often, but optimists win more often.

And right now, wildlife needs a win.

Sincerely,

Manish Bapna
President, NRDC