Re: the Brown Pelican (and 1,000 other species)

Monthly gifts matched. Deadline: midnight This is a make-or-break moment for birds. Since we sent you the email below, the situation has gotten even more urgent for the Brown Pelican and the 1,000-plus other birds that depend on the MBTA. We’ve got a limited window of opportunity to stop the administration from gutting the law for good, and we depend on your support to do it. Will you commit to protect the MBTA, the law that holds corporations accountable for the birds they kill? [Today is your last chance to get a dollar-for-dollar match on the first three months of your new monthly gift, so please don’t delay. Make your best monthly gift for birds before midnight tonight.]( I’ll be frank: it takes resources to give birds our best long-term defense. So we need the steady support of 73 new monthly donors before midnight. I hope you’ll decide to be one of them now, and lend us your strength and staying power to protect the birds you love. At this critical moment we can’t fall short of our goal. [Please start your monthly gift before tonight’s midnight deadline, while your first three contributions will get automatically doubled, and together we’ll stand strong for the MBTA and the birds it shields.]( Thank you for your support. Michelle Ehrhardt Senior Director, Membership National Audubon Society [National Audubon Society]( [Oil-covered Brown Pelican.]( Oil-covered Brown Pelican. [Birds urgently need a protector. Be one now and get your monthly gift matched.]( [DEFEND THE MBTA]( SUSTAINER STATUS: Unconfirmed MATCH DEADLINE: Midnight [Donate]( 73 sustainers needed right away The Brown Pelican is a survivor. But even the most resilient bird needs allies and protectors—so we ask you to stand with us now as we fight for its safest future. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is under siege, and it’s on the verge of being gutted for good. Defend this key conservation law that shields 1,000-plus species, and give birds like the Brown Pelican protection they can depend on. [Start your monthly gift before midnight tonight, and your first three contributions will be matched, dollar for dollar.]( In 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon disaster swamped the Gulf Coast in oil, more than a million birds died, including a staggering 12 percent of the area’s Brown Pelicans. The MBTA was used to hold BP accountable, through record fines that have paid for habitat restoration. Now Brown Pelican populations have slowly begun to recover—but the law that’s supported this comeback is under attack. The administration has gutted the MBTA. And now businesses won’t be punished when they recklessly kill birds. They’ll no longer have to pay to fix what they’ve broken, and that means they have little incentive to take proper care. This makes other devastating oil spills all too likely, and puts the birds we love at intolerable risk. So we’re defending the MBTA on every front: reaffirming it through Congress, upholding it through the courts, and passing complementary protections at the state level. But we can’t do it without your support. Will you please help? With your monthly gift, you’ll sustain our fight for our best bird conservation law. And you’ll give us the strength and staying power to see it through to the end. [Stand up for the birds you love by becoming a monthly donor. But don’t delay. Your chance to get your gift doubled ends at midnight tonight.]( Sincerely, The National Audubon Society [Give Monthly]( Photo: Louisiana GOHSEP. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) [audubon.org]( © 2020 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Pause fundraising emails for two weeks]( [Update your email address or unsubscribe](