Progressive Democrat Issue 44: NATIONAL ACTION FOR AMERICA (last week)

As Rita hits land and ONCE AGAIN floods New Orleans, I want to continue for one more week to focus on the groups that I think will help the Americans displaced by Katrina (and now Rita) the most and will help preserve the wetlands that help protect our cities:

Donate to Habitat for Humanity


Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl. These habitats also benefit other wildlife and people. The Southern Regional Office (SRO), located in Ridgeland, MS was established in 1990 to protect and restore wetlands and other wildlife habitat in the southeastern United States. Today, the SRO carries out conservation programs in 15 southern states that include some of the most important wintering habitat on the continent. More than one million acres of waterfowl habitat has been conserved from Kansas south to Texas, east to Florida, and north to the Carolinas.

One reason that Katrina’s damage to Louisiana and Mississippi was so bad is the fact that the wetlands around the inhabited areas are degraded. These wetlands help buffer inhabited areas from floods. Preservation of American wetlands can help limit hurricane damage to our cities.

Donate to Ducks Unlimited to help protect American wetlands.

These are good ways to help our nation in this crisis.