Securing historic conservation victories and defending democratic institutions. [[link removed]]John,

First, I hope that you, your family, and your loved ones are safe today.

Our lived experiences of the past year have made the magnitude of the challenges
we face as a nation abundantly clear — the coronavirus pandemic, a reckoning
with racial justice, historic unemployment, and escalating climate impacts from
megafires to record hurricanes.

Against this backdrop, President Joe Biden took the oath of office last week and
immediately got to work by initiating a series of actions designed to address
these historic and interrelated crises. The Biden administration has already
re-joined the Paris Climate Agreement, taken steps to restore Bears Ears, Grand
Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments,
prevented destructive drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and begun
reversing more than 100 regulatory rollbacks and agency assaults on public
health, clean air and water, and the environment.

President Biden nominated a Cabinet and White House staff filled with climate
and environmental champions who are up to the magnitude of the moment. And just
this week, he launched huge initiatives to conserve and restore 30% of all lands
and waters, create a Civilian Climate Corps, revitalize our public lands,
elevate environmental justice investments, and revitalize distressed
communities.

I’m incredibly optimistic that these early actions lay the foundation for
historic wins for wildlife and our nation in 2021. This year, our top priority
at the National Wildlife Federation will be working across party lines in
Congress to enact a multi-trillion economic recovery and infrastructure package that puts
tens of millions of Americans back to work equitably by restoring our natural
resources, recovering wildlife populations, revitalizing frontline communities,
improving public health, reducing pollution, and bolstering resilience.
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Yet, as excited as we are about the early actions of the Biden administration
and new Congress, we are still coming to grips with the horror we witnessed on
January 6th when a violent mob, fueled by disinformation, racism, white
supremacy, and anti-Semitism, stormed the Capitol and attempted to forcefully
overturn the results of a presidential election. This acutely affected our
National Wildlife Federation team both personally and professionally, because so
many of us spend time at the Capitol advocating on behalf of wildlife and people
and we know the lawmakers of both parties and the support staff who were
terrorized during the violence.

Our work to advance our conservation mission depends upon strong and healthy
democratic institutions. For 220 years, the peaceful transfer of power has
served as the bedrock of our democracy, transcending party and ideology since
John Adams transferred power to Thomas Jefferson in 1801. That is, until this
year.

We believe that Donald Trump must be held accountable for his role in inciting
the violent insurrection at the Capitol. We supported the bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives that
voted for impeachment
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officials and political figures who incited the mob by perpetuating the false
narrative of a fraudulent election should be held accountable.

If you want to join of our Defense of Democracy Rapid Response Team, please add
your name today.
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JOIN OUR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY TEAM
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With great challenges come great opportunities. We believe that 2021 could be
one of the most consequential years in our Federation’s history for saving
wildlife and acting on climate. We are grateful for your incredible support and
look forward to accomplishing great things together!

Thank you,

Collin O’Mara
President and CEO
The National Wildlife Federation

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