Fight for the MBTA (and 125 conservation rules) with 2X the power

[Match] You have double the impact to defend the birds you love Need to give your inbox a break? [Pause fundraising messages]( for two weeks. [National Audubon Society]( [Brown Pelican.]( Brown Pelican. [Your gift doubled now—because birds depend on the MBTA]( [2020 Year-End Campaign]( [DONORS NEEDED:]( 145 [MATCH AMOUNT:]( $25,000 [Donate]( We need 145 friends to help right away For over a century, one law has done more than any other to save birds by forbidding actions that could kill them. This law is the Migratory Bird Treaty Act—and when the Trump administration gutted it, Audubon supporters like you rose to the occasion to protect it. We successfully defended the MBTA in the courts, but the dangers to birds aren’t over yet. Your year-end gift — matched today — will power our efforts to uphold and restore key conservation policy, benefiting birds and their habitats. [So please help all you can before this $25,000 match ends at midnight tonight.]( The administration has pushed to undermine the MBTA so that companies aren’t held responsible when they kill birds, as long as they can claim the deaths weren’t deliberate—such as when an oil spill “unintentionally” kills coastal birds, or when uncovered oil waste pits “accidentally” lure migratory travelers. We took them to court to bring the MBTA back to full strength, and we won. But the administration is still fighting to keep their version, by aiming to rush out a new attack on the law in their final weeks, which would be deadly to birds. And that’s not the only way they’re threatening birds. The MBTA is one of 125 key conservation policies and rules the administration have weakened, attacked, or gutted in the past four years—an onslaught that adds up to devastation for birds and their habitats. We proved with our MBTA lawsuit that when we come together, we can secure vital wins for birds in the courts. [And with your help]( that’s what we’ll keep doing in 2021. We won’t stop working until we’ve repaired the immense damage this administration has done, and we’ve secured birds a safer future. But our best efforts depend on you. You are what hope looks like to a bird. [Be that hope today: Please make your most generous gift right away, when it will be matched dollar for dollar, giving you double the power to save the birds you love.]( Sincerely, The National Audubon Society [Donate Now]( Photo: Donna Tramontozzi/Audubon Photography Awards [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( 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](