John,

40% of all insect species are hurtling toward extinction.1

Chirping crickets, delicate butterflies, glowing fireflies and buzzing bees are all falling silent.

It's an insect apocalypse, spurred by a deadly trifecta of pesticides, climate change and bulldozed habitat.

Environment Colorado has a goal to raise $25,000 by midnight on September 24 to help save wildlife, including butterflies, bees and other insects. Will you make a donation right now to help stop the insect apocalypse?

Fewer and fewer insects are crawling through our world. And you may have noticed this phenomenon if you've been on a road trip recently.

You know the routine. Load up the car. Map the route. And head for the open road, stopping only occasionally for gas, bathrooms, and, of course, to clean the dead bugs off the windshield.

But if you've taken a road trip anytime in the last few years, you may have noticed something's changed: there aren't nearly as many dead bugs on the windshield as there used to be.2

It's not just your imagination. It's part of the silent spring that Rachel Carson warned about 62 years ago.3

To halt the insect apocalypse and help save our planet's intricate web of life, nature needs defenders. Will you become a nature defender and donate to our Fall 2024 Drive today?

You've probably read about the struggles of well-known species like monarch butterflies and the bees, which play such an important role as natural pollinators for flowering plants and our food.

But many of the disappearing insect species haven't even been identified, much less studied, including countless species of grasshoppers, flies, moths and wasps. These less-famous insects are just as important, and their disappearance is rippling throughout the ecosystem as other animals that rely on insects decline as well.4

To stop any further species from going extinct, we don't have time to delay.

Environment Colorado is working to defend our natural world with our campaigns to end the worst uses of pesticides, preserve more wild spaces, and more.

Will you donate before the deadline on September 24 to help protect the environment?

Yes, I'll donate right now.

Thank you,

Ellen Montgomery

1. Stephen Leahy, "Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides," National Geographic, August 6, 2019.
2. Noel Kirkpatrick, "What Is the 'Windshield Phenomenon'?," Treehugger, July 25, 2022.
3. Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring -- I," The New Yorker, June 9, 1962.
4. David L. Wagner, et al., "Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts," PNAS, January 11, 2021.

Your donation will be used to support all of our campaigns to protect the environment, from saving the bees and protecting public lands, to standing up for clean water and fighting climate change. None of our work would be possible without supporters like you. Environment Colorado may transfer up to $50 per dues-paying member per year into the Environment Colorado Small Donor Committee.