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- From: "Portland Audubon" <jliebezeit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: fink.linda@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:00:20 -0000
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Help Fight Climate Change by Protecting “Blue Carbon” Habitats
Dear Linda & John,
Send a message to Oregon Governor Kate Brown urging her to move forward with
the Oregon Global Warming Commission’s Natural and Working Lands Proposal to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Urge her to ensure blue carbon habitats stay
in the plan.
Did you know that tidal forested wetlands (transitional habitat between coastal
wetland and forest) in Oregon’s estuaries store more carbon by area than any
type of wetland in the world? Increasing the storage of this "blue carbon" –
also found in eelgrass beds and tidal marshes – is a powerful nature-based tool
in helping Oregon reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Blue carbon habitats
also provide key stopover habitat for many migratory shorebird, waterfowl, and
waterbird species including species of conservation concern like the Pacific
Brant and Caspian Tern. These habitats are also important for shellfish,
beavers, and other wildlife which, in turn, sustain coastal economies, protect
cultural resources, improve water quality, and reduce flooding.
In 2020, Governor Brown tasked state agencies (per Executive Order 20-04)
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plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide. She requested the Oregon
Global Warming Commission submit a report to help the state create its first
strategy to account for and manage carbon stored in the state’s Natural and
Working Lands. Portland Audubon and partners successfully advocated for the
inclusion of blue carbon in the draft plan.
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TAKE ACTION
Please submit comments by October 30, 2021 to the Governor's Staff. See talking
points below.
Email: kristen.sheeran@xxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:kristen.sheeran@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=Move%20forward%20on%20Natural%20and%20Working%20Lands%20Proposal%20with%20Blue%20Carbon%20),
Jason.MINER@xxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Move forward on Natural and Working Lands Proposal with Blue Carbon
Send a message to Governor Brown to move forward with this plan and to make
sure actions to protect blue carbon resources stays in it:
Thank her for issuing Executive Order 20-04 which directs agencies to reduce
and regulate greenhouse gas emissions. It’s critical that all relevant state
agencies do their part and are explicit in actions they take to confront this
important issue.
Ask her to support the Oregon Global Warming Commission’s Natural and Working
Lands Proposal (https://t.e2ma.net/click/b9lvwi/nu2fw9o/fos16eb) and ensure
that blue carbon habitats are retained in the present and future strategies to
sequester greenhouse gas emissions from natural and working lands.
Stress the value of Oregon’s tidal forest wetlands for sequestering carbon and
ameliorating the effect of ocean acidification, but also for protecting many
bird species and commercially important species like Dungeness crab, salmon and
oysters. These are important “co-benefits” that will not only help achieve
climate mitigation goals but also protect wildlife and help the economy.
Protecting blue carbon is part of how Oregon can think globally and act
locally. The leadership that Oregon takes on blue carbon can play a role in the
Biden Administration's commitment to conserve at least 30 percent of U.S. lands
and freshwater and 30 percent of U.S. ocean areas by 2030.
Oregon is poised to start updating guidance for its estuary management plans,
an innovative land/aquatic land use framework when first adopted 40 years ago.
These new updates should incorporate knowledge around blue carbon and new
protections for these habitats to the benefit of birds, wildlife and people.
Thank you.
Joe Liebezeit
Staff Scientist & Avian Conservation Manager
Portland Audubon
Have a few more minutes? Learn about opportunities to get involved.
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Nature Night
October 12 | 7-8:30 p.m.
Join our Wildlife Care Center team for a behind-the-scenes look at the
treatment they provide to give injured and orphaned wildlife a second chance.
Learn about the most common hazards and what we can do to co-exist with our
wild neighbors.
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Plant a Climate Resilient Habitat
Climate change is affecting fauna and flora in different ways. One action we
can take right now is to plant locally native plants that are resilient and
drought tolerant. Click to see a few plants to consider.
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Classes & Field Trips
There is no better classroom than the natural world. That’s why our classes,
outings, field trips, and ecotours bring participants out into the field to
experience nature through their senses.
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Photo Credits: Pacific Brant - Andrew Reding; Caspian Tern - Mick Thompson, Bob
Sallinger releasing Bald Eagle by AshlieRene' Gonzales; Wild Arts Festival
artwork by Erika Beyer; Birding photo by Ali Berman.
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