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Past ORI Action Newsletters:

Stop ship strikes killing sperm whales & a tragic summer for right whales – November 18, 2017

Put up your ducks in Harvard Square.– November 4, 2017

Stop anti-ocean bill raging in Washington – October 10, 2017

Tell Congress Not to Cut Funding of National Ocean Programs – March 17, 2017

Meaningful Words to Save the Loxahatchee – March 11, 2017

Why for the love of river herring I went to frigid Plymouth for a sea herring meeting, Clam Chowdah Blog, February 10, 2017.

Rob’s Clam Chowdah Science Blog – where the clams are sweet, dialogues memorable, and science fulfilling (oyster crackers optional)

Last Call to Save Turtle River, the Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge – November 28, 2016

Stop Florida from Axing the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge – November 12, 2016

Clam Chowdah Science Blog Post: Atlantic Seamounts Eyed for Deep Sea Mountain Top Mining Destruction

Top Ten Yard Actions for Clean Water, Participatory Management of Newfoundland Fisheries – August 27, 2016

Get the Muck Out of Florida, Give Clean Energy a Spin on Your Electric Bill – July 21, 2016

Worst Algal Bloom in Decades Smothers S Florida – July 15, 2016

Earth Day is the Day to Save Our Waterways – April 22, 2016

Save Our Waterways for Earth Day, April 14, 2016

King Scallops of Wester Ross are Victorious  – March 31, 2016

Stop Offshore Oil Drilling Rally in New Orleans – March 4, 2016

EPA calls on communities to stop polluting the Charles River – February 26, 2016

After Paris Agreement, Washington – December 18, 2015

Save Bear, Physalia, Mytilus, and Retriever Seamounts on Atlantic Ocean Floor – December 10, 2015 

Mineral Mining Threatens to Destroy Atlantic Ocean Seamounts – November 20, 2015

Crying Wolfish in a Wondrous Ocean Place – November 12, 2015

They’re Back, Cod in Newfoundland – October 30, 2015

Letter to the President to Protect Wondrous Ocean Places – September 25, 2015

Call for Support of Conservative Environmental Stewardship Resolution – September 18, 2015

Renewed Call for Dredger Ban for Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas – September 21, 2015

Stop Harmful Algal Blooms – Save Striped Bass – July 31,2015

Save the King Scallops of Wester Ross – July 16, 2015

Act to Stop Killing Striped Bass – July 8, 2015

Save Scotland’s Wester Ross Marine Protected Area – June 26, 2015

World Ocean Day is Monday 6-8, what’s in your ocean? – June 4, 2015

ORI Intern Noa attends ocean planning meeting in Salem MA – May 26, 2015

For Public Access to Transportation, Clean Water and Clean Air – April 28, 2015

Join with me at Healthy Ocean Citizen Lobby Day in Washington – April 26, 2015

Act to save the most important fish in the sea – April 23, 2015

Shark Stewards in Dire Straits of Florida – April 2, 2015

Act Today to Protect Florida’s Waters – March 31, 2015

Save Sharks in the Straits of Florida – March 25, 2015

Tell us your fish tales and listen to Captain Nancy Beaver – March 13, 2015

Act to Save Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals – February 24, 2015

Act now to protect deep sea corals – January 21, 2015

Act now to protect deep sea corals – January 15, 2015

Last call to Save Essential Fish Habitats – January 2, 2015

You can make 2015 a great year for saving our oceans and fish – December 31, 2014

Good News in Atlantic Stewardship for Sustainable Tuna – December 11, 2014

Ocean Optimism Found at San Francisco Green Festival – November 21, 2014

Tell Congress to Keep Our Fisherpeople Safe – October 10, 2014

Take Action for Bluefin Tuna – October 1, 2014

Join Our Campaign to Save Fish for Healthy Oceans – September 22, 2014

Help Us Save Fish for Healthy Oceans Today – September 15, 2014

Lobster Boat Blockades the Enterprise Carrying Coal – September 1, 2014

Something is Rotten in DC with Fisheries Legislation – July 11, 2014

Tell Congress to support climate change education – April 24, 2014

Piracy Treaties Approved to Protect American Fishermen – April 4, 2014

Building Reef Communities to Save Fish – March 24, 2014

Two victories for dolphins and the Indian River Lagoon -March 14, 2014

Help save fish and fishing communities – March 5, 2014

Stop Tallahassee from stripping local stewardship for clean water and air – February 3, 2014

Strike the Flores Rider and Keep the National Ocean Endowment – January 15, 2014

Protect Atlantic Herring Now! Stop Bycatch! – September 8, 2011

Tis the Season, Year and Decade for Megafauna Fortitude – August 5, 2013

Call for an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries Management to Rescue Fish and Fishermen – July 10, 2013

Tell Your Senators To Save Our Seas From Harmful Algal Blooms And Dead Zones! – July 12, 2012

Take Action to Save Florida’s Dolphins – March 23, 2011

Only 3 Days Left to Tell Obama to Protect Our Seas – February 10, 2011

2,000 ORI Ecostewards Speak Out to Protect Belugas and Cook Inlet Habitat – February 3, 2011

Tell NMFS to Protect Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Habitat – January 24, 2011

You’re invited to: Ocean Blue By You! ~ Rally – December 26, 2010

Senate Bill Outlaws Shark Finning, Restricts Shark Fin Trading – December 21, 2010

Bluefin Tuna of the Western Atlantic Needs Your Help – December 3, 2010

State Government Bows to Outcries for Permitting a Construction and Demolition Debris-burning Electric Generator in Springfield, MA – November 24, 2010

Speak Out For Restoring Our Salt Marshes! Give East Boston Locals Theirs – October 22, 2010

Support Healthy Oceans And Rivers – Give to ORI! – October 8, 2010

The Battle of Chelsea Creek and a Historic Salt Marsh – October 4, 2010

Tell Florida County Commissioners To Save The Dolphins: Ban Phosphorus and Quick-Release Nitrogen Fertilizers! – August 28, 2010

Blue Grab Larvae Ingesting Oil – Bad! Gulf Oil Plume Eaten by Microbes – Not Bad! – August 25, 2010

Margo’s Solo Canoe Voyage Along the Pacific Coast for Ocean Health – August 2, 2010

Speak Out For A Healthy Gulf Of Maine! – July 23, 2010

Tell Senator Brown to Endow Ocean Science and Stewardship! – July 22, 2010

Keep Chemicals Out of Our Drinking Water! – July 10, 2010
Endocrine Disrupters Out of Our Drinking Water: Speak out for a stronger Safe Drinking Water Act! – July 1, 2010

Tell Obama To Go The Distance For Clean Energy and Climate Change – June 27, 2010

Obama Still Needs To Hear Your Voices: No New Drilling! Clean Energy Now! – June 15, 2010

Obama Still Needs To Hear Your Voices – June 7, 2010

Make ORI A Top-Rated Environmental Nonprofit – Comment on ORI’s Work for Healthy Ecosystems – May 23, 2010

Last Day To Share Your Ocean River Thoughts! – May 7, 2010

Respond to BP’s Drilling Catastrophe – April 26, 2010

Call on Obama to Protect Our Oceans and Great Lakes! – April 17, 2010

Save Wood Storks and Dolphins – Stop Green Slime Producing Nutrient Pollution – April 12, 2010

Save Wood Storks and Dolphins – April 5, 2010

Save Indian River Lagoon, FL – The Most Diverse Estuary in North America and Home for the Endangered Wood Stork – April 1, 2010

Climate Crisis and the River CAKEwalker – March 28, 2010

Last Call To Tell NMFS to Protect Beluga Habitat! – March 1, 2010
One Week Left to Demand Protection of Beluga Whale Habitat – February 11, 2010

Obama Signs Executive Order For A National Ocean Policy! – February 10, 2010

Urge the Obama Administration to Protect Our Seas – February 5, 2010

Thank You for 26,727 Letters to Decision-makers in 2010 – January 2, 2010

Help ORI Fight for Healthier Oceans and Rivers! – December 1, 2009