Fw: This Tax Season, Californians Can Help Sea Otters

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" The Ocean Conservancy "

 

This Tax Season, Californians Can Help Sea Otters

 

 

 

In exactly one month from now our taxes are due. If you are like the

majority of Americans (myself included) you dread doing your taxes. But,

this year you can ease your pain and help save sea otters at the same time

just by checking off a certain box on your California tax form. All you have

to do is donate to the California Sea Otter Fund when filling out your tax

forms. A small contribution goes a long way to protecting this species

fighting for survival.

 

Once, the sea otters of California and Baja were believed hunted to

extinction. Then in 1938, a remnant colony was discovered in a remote

area off the Big Sur coast. However, the population was slow to recover and

in 1977 the California sea otter was listed under the Endangered Species

Act. Today, they are still threatened with extinction.

 

Last year, The Ocean Conservancy helped pass legislation to create this easy

check-off that sets aside funds for sea otter research and recovery. But,

the box will disappear from future income tax forms unless California

taxpayers donate $250,000 this season. So, this April, please donate to the

California Sea Otter Fund when filling out your tax forms.

 

Sea otters desperately need our help. The funds raised this year--and

hopefully for many, many years to come--will help put sea otters on the road

to recovery and protect them from further threats to their survival.

 

Learn more about sea otter conservation in California, click here >>

 

http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/R?i=MuB3BAaMZRZB6h3c0bgmMg..

 

Sincerely,

 

Vicki Cornish, Marine Wildlife Conservation

The Ocean Conservancy