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Take action with the Healthy Ocean Coalition, a national grassroots network of ocean lovers working to protect and restore ocean health. Together, we advocate for solutions that center the ocean and people as part of the fight against climate change.

Let's turn opportunity into action for people and nature!

The Biden Administration launched the nation's first-ever 10-year conservation strategy to equitably and collaboratively conserve nature. The Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful Initiative is a new opportunity for the federal government to reinvest and rectify centuries of inequitable conservation practices. This effort must center this work and rectify the years of neglect to ocean conservation.

To assist in jump-starting this effort, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should prioritize three steps:

1. Develop a time-based road map for steps to engage communities and people over the next 12 months.

2. Ensure that along with voluntary and working conservation opportunities, the initiative is inclusive of the need for highly protected places.

3. Incorporate the Hispanic Access Foundation's Equity and Justice in 30x30 White Paper recommendations to ensure this effort is centered in equity and justice.

Now we need YOUR help. It is time to turn this opportunity into action. We need you to help us raise our voice on behalf of the ocean by asking NOAA to take concrete steps to implement the America the Beautiful Initiative.

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Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, NOAA Administrator Dr. Richard Spinrad

Subject: Moving Quickly to Save Nature

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Thank you for launching the nation's first-ever 10-year conservation strategy to equitably and collaboratively conserve nature. The Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful Initiative is a new opportunity for the federal government to reinvest and rectify centuries of inequitable conservation practices. This effort must center this work and rectify the years of neglect to ocean conservation. We've lost a lot of time and the biodiversity and climate crises are only worsening - making it even more imperative that we get this right while immediately taking action to implement this strategy. To assist in this effort, I write today, asking that NOAA implement the following steps in coordination with fellow natural resource agencies to ensure America the Beautiful will protect 30 percent of our lands, waters, and ocean by 2030: 1. Develop a time-based road map for steps to engage communities and people over the next 12 months. The initial report drew from the engagement of many diverse people and institutions, but if this effort is to reflect America, a critical component is a public-facing engagement process. This can be done through a variety of existing institutions, including regional ocean partnerships and partnerships co-led by indigenous communities and community organizations at the frontline of climate change. As it becomes safer to gather, we urge you to also hold separate in-person and virtual strategy sessions in the coastal and land-locked communities about the initiative's 8 principles for conservation and collaboration. 2. Ensure that along with voluntary and working conservation opportunities, the initiative is inclusive of the need for highly protected places. This effort is meant to be inclusive, and specifically looks for collaborative and voluntary conservation opportunities. We applaud this effort and want to see the Administration prioritize opportunities along the spectrum of conservation, including highly protected places. This initiative can, and should be, be inclusive of different levels of conservation, but it cannot skip doing the hard work of highly protecting places to protect people and nature from the ravages of the biodiversity and climate crises. NOAA must work to develop a process that will identify areas to highly protect. 3. Incorporate Hispanic Access Foundation's Recommendations for 30x30 HAF identified a set of important recommendations in its Equity & Environmental Justice in 30x30 White Paper and we urge NOAA to incorporate into its strategy. Thank you for launching the America the Beautiful Initiative. I look forward to working with NOAA to ensure a healthy ocean for all people, wildlife, and habitat.

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