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Please write a personal thank you note to the President in the comment section below. Please include your town and state, so the President will see that saving this ocean realm is more than of local interest. Top Ten Comments Calling for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument, a wondrous Atlantic Ocean 4,900…
Don’t fertilize lawn June 1- Sept 30th Do not pour chemicals into storm drains Do not use or limit use of pesticides Pick up plastics on shorelines Plant native plants (less thirsty for water) Install rain barrels for watering plants Wash car with bucket and soap, not a hose Leave grass clippings on lawns Use…
George W. Bush forever protected Pacific Ocean seamounts by proclamation creating the Northern Hawaii Island National Marine Monument. Now the rare earth elements and high-tech metal mining-eye of Mordor is turning to seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean off of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The four pristine seamounts are named Bear, Physalia, Mytilus, and…
10. Once the oceans go black, it’s hard to go back! Laura, Palo Alto CA 9. I am Canadian and I hope you will read this petition and implement this conservation motion. Victor, Quebec CANADA 8. I believe the planet is one system. Damage to one part has a ripple effect world-wide. John, Daly City …
The Gulf of Maine is astonishing. Captain John Smith, Rachel Carson with her nephew Roger, and many others have found it wondrous. Many of the marine life connections beneath the waves remain a mystery. Efforts to look at the inner-clock workings, the causal gearing of ecosystems, are frustrated by changes in wind, weather, currents and…
“We’ve made tremendous strides in undertaking our role as responsible stewards of this Nation’s great oceans.” – Beth Kerttula, Director of the National Ocean Council The first Report on the Implementation of the National Ocean Policy (passed in 2010) is out. Our regional planning ship is not only pointing down the channel in the right direction, but…
The Ocean River Institute provides donors and advocates the organization they require to save wildlife, clean rivers and restore healthier oceans to go the distance for savvy stewardship of a greener and bluer planet Earth. Spring is here. With the blossoming of flowers comes a blossoming of support from our donors. This is the season…
