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We rely on support from individuals to fund our mission. Your contribution enables ORI to deliver the voices and concerns of 21,000 ecostewards to decision-makers. Your contribution also supports local and regional grassroots efforts.

Our oceans and waterways are suffering from multiple assaults. Help us to protect, restore, and better manage our waters!

Please make a donation, today.

Your financial support helps ORI to fulfill our mission.

Consider giving $5 a month. Making a recurring donaton is the greenest way to give for a bluer planet Earth.

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Why Support ORI?

~ We educate, advocate and promote action on pressing issues, many local issues you would not otherwise hear about

~ We make your voice heard by environmental policy makers

~ We run effective campaigns and achieve results you can see

~ We're a small organization; all your support goes to mission

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ORI, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt not-for-profit organization, was founded in 2007. We are not old enough to be listed in Charity Navigator. You may read reviews of ORI at Guidestar.org

Where have all the herring gone? The answer is hauled in the net.

FORAGE FISH FOREVER Take Action.

Pam Gromer and Roger Fleming tell about the Ocean River Institute with fishermen challenging NMFS and NEFMC to set limits and address herring bycatch.

For wilder and healthier oceans, estuaries, rivers, and watersheds.

“I love the work of the Ocean River Institute, it is valued in more ways than one. It is comforting to know this organization exists, and it is necessary for it to be supported by all!!!”
- Deborah Cosio, Colorado Springs, CO

“We are grateful for the excellent work you do to protect our waterways!” - Laura Schlegal and family, Chicago, IL

“ORI is a vital organization in the fight for healthy oceans and marine wildlife. Continue your outstanding leadership” - Tim Duda, San Antonio, TX

“The Ocean River Institute consistently strives to preserve all the water resources on our planet; and to teach us all how to assist in this.” - Gloria Clements, Macon, GA

"ORI is imperative to the continuing existence of our planet's numerous and varied animals. Without this total commitment and determination, future generations would be denied the absolutely beautiful and wonderful experiences of life at its best. ORI is to be commended for all that they do."- Andrea Roland, Amboy, IL

"I totally support the work of the ORI and their efforts to restore the water quality of the Westfield River and its tributaries, to improve the environment of this river system in order to better sustain the wildlife it supports." Jeffrey Mirate, Prairie Du Sac, WI

Help the Save Indian River Lagoon Dolphins with a Contribution to ORI

Steve McCulloch and Vet with stranded cetacean To save the Indian River Lagoon dolphins, we must lessen the phosphorus and nitrogen entering the lagoon. In 2008, the dolphins of Florida's Indian River Lagoon suffered a "marine mammal unusual mortality event." This year, it looks like another such event is underway. Dolphins are being found emaciated, with respiratory problems, brain lesions, skin-eating fungal infections and other signs of distress.

I have lived on the Indian River in days when I could see the bottom and all the life there. It is now opaque with a bad odor and the horseshoe crabs are gone. The quality of life in Florida is much dependent on this river and the life that still clings to the precipice. Please see that the conditions in the river are bettered and that life once flourishing will return. Karen, Orlando FL

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flamingoes on Beef Island BVI mangroved shore The British Virgin Island Environmental Council held fast to their Christian principle of stewardship for BVI wildlife and habitats. VIEC challenged developers and government in court not to destroy BVI's last pristine areas. At great expense, VIEC is saying no to the world's largest developers that colluded with government to break BVI laws. VIEC is establishing legal conservation precedence for the entire Caribbean and beyond.

"We need the work of ORI to go on for many years to come." Richard Painter, Basildon, England

Surfer duckie with lobster pot and boat on ocean

Surfer Duck with lobster pot and boat

Surfer Duck hangs ten video

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The fine print on donating to ORI online instead of by personal check: Network for Good is a "donor-advised fund," which is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that collects contributions from donors and distributes those contributions to other nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations in good standing with the IRS as recommended by you, the donor. Your credit card statement therefore lists Network for Good and not the charity on this page because your donation is to our donor-advised fund. Network for Good then forwards the contribution to the Ocean River Institute on your behalf. As required by the IRS, Network for Good has exclusive legal control over donations to our donor-advised fund.

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