Help Haley Protect the West

The impacts of climate change are real, and they're here now.

We watch the ski season get shorter - as we wait for it to start at all. We have watched helplessly as our communities burn. I have been one of the those racing home to throw what you can into the car as the flames lick up the hillside above. We see the water lapping alongside our rafts recede and the flows limit or cancel our trips. We feel the heat on our backs while biking as we think that it never used to be this hot at 11,000 feet. 

 But that doesn't have to be the whole story. Wendell Berry once said: "we know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they love."

When I joined Western Resource Advocates, I saw it as a real way to spend my time and utilizing my unique skills defending what I love on the ground - the landscapes, wildlife, and resources of Colorado and other states in the West. What I love about working on the state level is that you can see it with your eyes, in your communities, and on the landscapes that you spend hours in. 

There are so many things that we can do: 

• We can clean up our air through closing coal plants, electrifying buildings, and increasing the transition to clean vehicles. 
• We can protect wildlife and landscapes from development and keep them healthy, open, and accessible for all Coloradans to enjoy. 
• We can use less water while keeping our rivers flowing and protecting clean drinking water. 

This is what I spend every day trying to make a reality. But we're only able to do this work because of supporters who believe in our vision. 

This Colorado Gives Day, I hope you'll join me in this work. My personal goal is to get 20 donors for my campaign. Even if you can only give a few dollars, each of those help in getting actual, realistic climate solutions out into the world.