1. NRDC Natural Resource Defense Council Gabriel D Garcia

2. Mission To safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

3. Priorities Safeguarding endangered organisms and ecosystems Providing aid in reviving the world’s oceans Investing in clean energy Curbing climate change Preventing pollution to protect human health Supporting sustainable communities

4. Retrieved from http://www.nrdc.org/about/finances.asp “NRDC was founded in 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys at the forefront of the environmental movement. NRDC lawyers helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws.” –nrdc.org

5. Fighting for large predator protection Raising awareness on Monarch butterfly decline and pressuring the EPA to enforce stricter regulations on pesticides and herbicides. Protecting whales from sonar and oceanic oil exploration.

6. Stopping the Pebble Mine A Canadian Company Threatens an American Paradise with 10 Billion Tons of Mining Waste. Preventing the Northern Gateway pipeline that endangers the Spirit Bear Coast Black bear subspecies - Kermode Bear, or “Spirit Bear”

7. Recent Accomplishments Prevented Shell from drilling in the Arctic Ocean Ensured the protection of Bristle Bay from a Massive Pebble mine development Aided in the expansion of an aquatic reserve around the Pacific Islands Restored the endangered status of wolves in Wyoming Helped win two court cases for upholding citizen’s rights to keep fracking out of their communities

8. More information @ NRDC.ORG