Dear NRDC Supporter,

From the Gulf of Mexico to the Alaskan Arctic, America's lands and waters have long teemed with wildlife — whales breaching the ocean surface, birds soaring along migratory paths, forests sheltering bears and wolves.

This web of life is what sustains all of us, keeping our air and water clean, our food supply stable, and our climate in balance.

But today, that balance is being systematically torn apart. Not by chance, but by choice.

The Threat We Face

The Trump administration is stripping away protections that have kept wildlife safe for generations, and handing greedy corporations the keys to drill, log, and pave over irreplaceable habitats. For them, no species is too endangered, no place too sacred, and no safeguard too important to sacrifice for profit.

Scientists warn that up to one million species could vanish in the coming decades if we stay on this course. That means more than losing whales or butterflies — it means unraveling the very systems that make life possible.

Our health and future depend on our cherished wildlife. And right now, that future is under attack.

Why It Matters Now

The assault on wildlife is accelerating at an unprecedented pace.

• In the Gulf, fewer than 100 Rice's whales remain, yet drilling and whales deaths from ship strikes continue unchecked while habitat protections are delayed for years.
• In our forests, the administration is moving to dismantle the Roadless Rule, exposing nearly 60 million acres of irreplaceable forest habitat to rampant logging and development.
• Pollinating bee and butterfly populations are collapsing while regulators delay action on pesticides known to poison them.
• In the Arctic, Big Oil is being handed new opportunities to industrialize one of the planet's most fragile ecosystems, displacing already imperiled species like polar bears and caribou.

These actions are not isolated. They are part of a deliberate agenda to put polluters' profits ahead of our environment, our health, and our future.

How NRDC is Responding

NRDC is meeting this crisis head-on. Our teams of scientists, lawyers, and advocates are challenging the fossil fuel industry and their allies in the Trump administration and advocating for the wildlife and wild places that sustain us all. Here are just a few examples:

• Legal action: In the Gulf of Mexico, we're challenging the Trump administration's disregard of marine mammals and endangered species in pursuit of more offshore oil and gas.
• Grassroots organizing: In Mexico's Gulf of California, we're mobilizing global pressure against a Liquified Natural Gas export project that threatens the last remaining vaquitas and the fragile ecosystem they inhabit.
• Relentless determination: Since 1971, we've worked to protect the Arctic from Big Oil interests with every tool we have. And you can count on us to keep pushing for as long as it takes.

The Choice Ahead

We all have a choice to make.

We can look away, declare the challenges too big, and allow an administration intent on environmental destruction to sell off our wildlife for profit.

Or we can choose to stand up for what we believe in.

NRDC is choosing to take a stand. With the power of the law, science, and collective action, we are standing up to deep-pocketed industry executives and an administration determined to dismantle decades of environmental progress.

As stewards of this planet, and as lifelong environmental advocates, we owe it to ourselves, to the wildlife that sustains us, and to future generations to defend what we can — and to protect the pathways to build back what we lost.

But we can't do it alone. Our strength comes from the more than three million members and supporters who power this work.

We hope you will stand with us.

Sincerely,
NRDC