Join our call for sustainable ocean planning before Feb. 12!

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The Obama Administration's newly formed Ocean Policy Task Force is already making waves by advancing a planning process for our ocean and coasts. But it’s up to us to make sure these plans protect, maintain, and restore the health of the ocean while balancing sustainable development.

Please send the message below to the Obama Administration and the National Ocean Policy Task Force before the February 12 deadline urging them to take action to ensure responsible and comprehensive ocean planning that preserves a healthy marine environment, now and for generations to come.

Letter to President Obama and the Ocean Policy Task Force: I want to thank you for your tireless efforts to create a national framework for coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP). The Interim Framework includes many elements that are essential to the success of CMSP, including an emphasis on ecosystem-based management and a call to use a precautionary approach and address cumulative impacts. I urge you to strengthen the Framework further before it is finalized. Protecting, maintaining, and restoring ecosystem health should be made a priority. It should be clarified that important ecological areas are critical to ecosystem health. The Framework should ensure that plans cover all major ocean uses and not just focus on single uses, such as energy extraction. The relevant federal agencies should also be required to adhere to the plans. Finally, please build on the Task Force's important work by issuing an Executive Order to protect, maintain, and restore the health of ocean ecosystems and advance CMSP. Such an action would make great strides toward leaving a "blue" legacy.   Please enter your contact information: * First Name: Required * Last Name: Required * Email: Required * ZIP / Postal Code: Required   Remember my information on this computer. Our Policy   Question - Not Required - . Yes -- I want to stay updated about this issue and other fast, easy ways I can help protect the ocean with occasional emails from Ocean Conservancy. Spam Control Text:   Please leave this field empty