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| Dear Friend, |
| Over 1,000 Florida manatees died last year as pollution-fueled algal outbreaks killed the marine mammal’s main food source, seagrass, in the Indian River Lagoon. Mass starvation resulted in the highest number of manatee deaths ever recorded in the state. |
| Earthjustice is pursuing legal action to stop this pollution — and today, we’re asking for your help. |
| Our Biodiversity Defense Program is providing legal representation to conservation groups working to stop the pollution of critical habitats and restore the food sources that manatees rely on to survive. |
| Cases like this can last for years. We need reliable monthly supporters to help us protect manatees and countless other species with the full power of the law. To support this effort, a generous donor has agreed to contribute $50,000 to Earthjustice if we can bring on 150 new monthly donors by the end of January. |
| We only have until midnight tonight, and we still need 35 more monthly donors to come on board. |
| Friend, will you make a monthly gift to help our lawyers see this case through to the very end and save Florida’s manatees from starvation? |
| It is painfully clear that Florida isn’t doing what’s necessary to control the sewage and fertilizer pollution that’s wrecking the Indian River Lagoon. It’s time for EPA to step in and enforce the Clean Water Act for the sake of the manatees and all the other creatures and people that rely on Florida’s waterways. |
| Friend, you can be a part of this fight. Please make a monthly gift before midnight tonight to fund this legal battle, and many more, as Earthjustice stands up for plants and animals under threat. |
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Sincerely,
Elizabeth Forsyth
Senior Attorney
Biodiversity Defense Program |
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