Share your support for our new national conservation goal!

Zoos, aquariums, and science museums across the country applaud the vision set forth by President Biden’s “America the Beautiful” initiative, which includes a new national goal of conserving at least 30% of our lands, waters, and ocean by 2030. As we face accelerating nature loss, species extinctions, and climate change, this is the ambitious goal we need to secure a better future.

As organizations committed to animal care and conservation, we know that achieving this goal is essential to saving species from extinction. We also know that achieving this goal will bring many other benefits, from stabilizing our climate and safeguarding our food and water supplies to providing us all with places to relax and play.

While science tells us why we need to conserve at least 30% of our lands, waters, and ocean by 2030, the ”America the Beautiful” Initiative shows us how we can do so: with a commitment to collaboration and inclusion, respect for the knowledge and wisdom of Indigenous peoples, and support for a wide array of voluntary and locally-led efforts. Americans have a strong conservation ethic and if we work together, this goal is well within our reach.

To help achieve this goal, we need your help! While Members of Congress have seen polls showing strong public support, nothing compares to hearing directly from you!

Please act today. Share your support for “America the Beautiful” with your members of Congress!

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Dear [recipient position will go here] [recipient name will go here],

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Today I am writing to applaud our new national goal of conserving at least 30% of our nation’s lands, waters, and ocean by 2030, and to encourage you to accelerate efforts in keeping with the vision for “America the Beautiful.”

For more than a century, the United States has risen to meet the major environmental challenges facing us, and now this commitment to action is more important than ever. Science tells us that conserving and restoring at least 30 percent of our lands, waters, and ocean by 2030 is the minimum we must do to combat climate change, save wildlife from extinction, and sustain livelihoods. Our very future depends on the natural systems that provide our food, clean air, and fresh drinking water, and are the source of our well-being and economic security. This is also the opportunity to make space for everyone to see and enjoy our beautiful country. The value and necessity of this effort are increasingly recognized and acknowledged, with 4 out of 5 voters supporting a commitment to this conservation goal.

By working together through a collaborative and inclusive process as outlined in the recent report, “America the Beautiful,” I am confident that we can conserve and restore the natural areas that are essential to our local communities. And you can help by empowering the ongoing, locally driven conservation efforts of communities across the country. Our national goal will only be reached by supporting state and local efforts, and by listening to experts on the ground, including Indigenous peoples, scientists, and other experts, as well as landowners and all of those who are on the frontlines of stewarding and enjoying nature.

Together with zoos, aquariums, science museums, and many others from across our state and around our nation, I strongly encourage you to accelerate land, water, and ocean conservation and restoration efforts at all levels of government and across the country, and for the benefit of all.

Thank you for your consideration of this request and your efforts to ensure the best for our country.

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