G_fk:i\[`kj1

GX^\(1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\)1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\*1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\+1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\,1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\-1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\.1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\/1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\01C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\('1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\((1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ =fidfi\k_Xe.'p\Xij#k_\ EXk`feXcN`c[c`]\=\[\iXk`fe GX^\()1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ EXk`feXcN`c[c`]\=\[\iXk`fe_Xj ;\j`^e\[Yp1Le`fe>i\\e8[m\ik`j`e^%nnn%le`fe$^i\\e%Zfd `ejg`i\[8d\i`ZXejkfgifk\Zk Efik_\XjkI\^`feXc:\ek\i Gi`ek\[Yp1Gi`ek`e^I\jgfej`Ycp%nnn%gi`ek`e^i\jgfej`Ycp%Zfd n`c[c`]\]fifliZ_`c[i\eËj]lkli\%

:fe]ifek`e^Zc`dXk\Z_Xe^\# gifk\Zk`e^n`c[c`]\Xe[ Zfee\Zk`e^g\fgc\kfeXkli\% New England, New York and New Jersey are home to some of America’s most spectacular wildlife and natural places, many of which are just a walk or a train ride away.

The National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Northeast Regional Center is the region’s largest conservation organization with more than 600,000 members and supporters in eight Northeast states. Northeast Regional staff collaborate with over 350 other NWF staff across the country to ensure our natural resources are protected for generations to come. Temperature 1961-1990 Snowshoe hare will see significant ȐȵɉȨȽȝ8ǸɜɤɑȐ4ǸȰȐǸ ɄȹȐǾǸȃȰ population declines as snowpack lessens

Brook trout could disappear in half of the Northeast’s cold-water Temperature by streams and rivers as 2070-2090 water temperatures Over 600 nesting pairs of bald eagles now make their home in the Northeast states increase

For centuries, the Northeast’s natural Today, however, global warming puts these Pine martens could areas and wildlife have been stressed by successes at risk. Flooding and other severe become a victim of development, pollution and destructive storm impacts, increasing temperatures, global warming due to declining snowpack forestry practices. declining snow pack, invasive pests and Within the lifetime of our plants, and sea level rise are already children, based on current emission trends, the Northeast’s With the help of people like you, nature impacting our communities and pushing summer temperatures will be is recovering. As forests have been nature to the brink. as hot as those in southern restored and strong conservation policies states today Canada lynx could lose implemented, bald eagles, moose and Our work has never been more vital. much of their remaining many other species have returned. Air and With your support we can confront global habitat in New England Union of Concerned Scientists, water pollution have also been significantly warming, protect wildlife and connect due to global warming Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment, July, 2007 reduced, benefiting both people and wildlife. people to nature. Every year, the Northeast sends billions of dollars to neighboring energy-producing states and foreign countries to power our fossil-fuel dependent economy. ɄȽȘɑɄȽɜȨȽȝȵɄǾǸȵ\ǸɑȹȨȽȝ To power a clean energy future, NWF’s Northeast Regional Center’s top priority is to invest this money in our region to create new jobs in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and biomass industries. These investments will promote domestic security, help consumers and businesses save money, and reduce global warming pollution.

NWF’s Northeast Regional Center is also working to protect and restore forests, a cost-effective and common sense way to Upstate New York Wind Farm, Lewis County. cleanse the atmosphere of global warming pollution. These initiatives also create sustainable forestry jobs, protect habitat for NWF’s Northeast Regional Center is leading the way in advancing a clean energy wildlife and preserve clean drinking water. economy while aggressively reducing global warming pollution. @ɑɄɜȐȃɜȨȽȝ\ȨȵȇȵȨȘȐ

Global warming is already harming our states work together, sharing resources natural world. To meet this unprecedented and knowledge, to safeguard wildlife, challenge, we must strengthen our efforts natural resources and communities from to protect the water, food, forests, coasts, climate change. fish and wildlife that we cherish and depend upon. With your help, we also are creating a diverse regional network to identify and fund “on For example, planting trees and restoring the ground” projects to help nature become wetlands to control floods rather than using more resilient to the impacts of climate expensive and often ineffective dams and change. Current projects include preserving flood tunnels will create new jobs, save key habitats and wild places, creating wildlife taxpayers’ money and help the environment. corridors, re-establishing vegetation along rivers and streams, removing dams, restoring The Northeast Regional Center is wetlands and coastal areas, and improving spearheading an effort to help Northeast planning and research. The Northeast Regional Center partners with education and other organizations on the ɄȽȽȐȃɜȨȽȝ@ȐɄɉȵȐɬȨɜȣ8ǸɜɤɑȐ following NWF initiatives: Be Out There Resources: Find outdoor activities such as Green Hour®, the Great American Backyard Campout™ and National Wildlife Week. www.nwf.org/beoutthere

Certified Wildlife Habitat™ : Learn how to create a wildlife-friendly habitat. www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlife

Climate Classroom: Learn about educating kids and teens on global warming. www.climateclassroom.org

Eco-Schools USA: Children who play outside are more physically active, more creative, less Join schools around the world in becoming aggressive, score higher on tests, and develop a lifelong appreciation of more sustainable. nature. Despite these benefits, kids today spend less than half the time www.eco-schoolsusa.org outdoors than they did just twenty years ago. Instead, children are now Children’s Magazines: spending more than six hours a day indoors plugged in to electronic media. Enjoy Ranger Rick®, Your Big Backyard®, and Wild Animal Baby®. www.nwf.org/magazines The Be Out There™ campaign is a National Wildlife Federation initiative to revive America’s conservation ethic by raising public awareness about the benefits of outdoor activities and connecting families with nature. www.vnrc.org \ɄɑȰȨȽȝPɄȝȐɜȣȐɑ Today’s conservation challenges require an unprecedented collaboration among a diverse network of concerned individuals, nonprofit organizations, government and business. It is time to www.eany.org join forces like never before and win concrete victories for wildlife and people.

The Northeast Regional Center partners with our affiliates, independent state organizations, to advance shared conservation www.ctwoodlands.org and education initiatives. Our affiliates also achieve critical conservation gains in their respective states and nationally, and serve on the National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors. www.environmentalleague.org Together with our affiliates, we are building alliances with powerful voices from across the region including clean energy entrepreneurs, landowners, educators, wildlife watchers, natural resource managers, hunters and anglers.

www.nrcm.org With the support and commitment of an ever growing number of diverse partners, families will breathe clean air, drink clean water and enjoy a wonderful array of wildlife and plants.

www.environmentcouncilri.org 8\8ɄɑɜȣȐǸɕɜHȐȝȨɄȽǸȵ ȐȽɜȐɑ

For more than 30 years, the Northeast make a tax-deductible donation to support Regional Center has protected forests, NWF’s Northeast Regional Center. rivers and other critical wildlife habitats; reintroduced bald eagles and peregrine NWF Northeast Regional Center; falcons; reduced mercury pollution; and www.nwf.org/northeast; developed model educational programs. 149 State St., Montpelier, Vermont 05602; (802) 229-0650 Our regional staff includes experts in wildlife, global warming, clean energy, Learn more about the impacts of climate sustainable forestry, air and water pollution, change in the Northeast at education, and urban environmental issues. www.northeastclimatesafeguards.net

There are many ways to work with us. You National Wildlife Federation; www.nwf.org; can request more information, volunteer or 11100 Wildlife Center Dr., Reston, VA 20190; (800) 822-9919 G_fk:i\[`kj1

GX^\(1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\)1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\*1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\+1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\,1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\-1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\.1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\/1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\01C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\('1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ GX^\((1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ =fidfi\k_Xe.'p\Xij#k_\ EXk`feXcN`c[c`]\=\[\iXk`fe GX^\()1C\]kG_fkfYp1EXd\2D`[[c\G_fkfYp1EXd\2I`^_kG_fkfYp1EXd\ EXk`feXcN`c[c`]\=\[\iXk`fe_Xj ;\j`^e\[Yp1Le`fe>i\\e8[m\ik`j`e^%nnn%le`fe$^i\\e%Zfd `ejg`i\[8d\i`ZXejkfgifk\Zk Efik_\XjkI\^`feXc:\ek\i Gi`ek\[Yp1Gi`ek`e^I\jgfej`Ycp%nnn%gi`ek`e^i\jgfej`Ycp%Zfd n`c[c`]\]fifliZ_`c[i\eËj]lkli\%

:fe]ifek`e^Zc`dXk\Z_Xe^\# gifk\Zk`e^n`c[c`]\Xe[ Zfee\Zk`e^g\fgc\kfeXkli\%