We’ve got one entire extra day this year – and I’m inviting you to take a moment of it to support the North Atlantic Right Whale.
The right whales who make their homes around New England, swimming as far south as Florida and north as Canada, are a tough breed whose lives have been made tougher by modern shipping, fishing, recreation, and pollution.
But that doesn’t mean they're a lost cause.
Working together with those same shippers, fishers, recreators, and surrounding communities has yielded groundbreaking protections before and it’s the only way we’re going to do it again.
We’re putting the pressure on the NOAA to build on the successes of the Stellwagen National Marine Sanctuary by establishing a new Right Whale National Marine Sanctuary adjacent to it along the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
This designation would finally establish modern protections for the right whale – allowing a safer place for them to inhabit and raise their young calves.
It won’t be easy – actually, it’s a leviathan undertaking, but that’s the extraordinary challenge before us. And it’s why we’re reaching out for your help on this Leap Day.
Steady on,
Rob
