Date: March 6, 2025
To: Congress
Re: Protect NOAA
Dear Members of Congress,
The businesses, organizations, and institutions signed below strongly urge you to oppose actions by the Trump administration to dismantle, privatize, or significantly diminish the critical services and functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Established by President Richard Nixon in 1970, NOAA has provided life-saving weather forecasting, scientific research, and emergency preparedness services to the American people for more than 50 years. Whether it’s tracking hurricanes or safeguarding the country’s fisheries, NOAA is vital to the everyday lives and operations of countless communities and businesses that stretch across our nation and the world.
Alarmingly, statements and actions from the new administration indicate intent to downsize, break apart, or even eliminate NOAA. We remain gravely concerned about continued threats to the agency, including staff layoffs and intimidation, deep budget cuts, research censorship, and other actions that jeopardize its critical mission and services. Reports that unauthorized DOGE staffers have infiltrated agency headquarters and demanded access to confidential information are particularly concerning.
If not stopped, further action by the administration to interfere with NOAA’s critical services and mission could endanger our economy, health, public safety, and national security. The agency’s work is especially crucial as extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, with climate-related natural disasters and extreme weather events costing Americans over $182 billion last year alone. Undermining NOAA’s operations could risk the safety of millions of Americans and destabilize countless industries, from farming and fisheries to energy and finance, threatening job losses and economic downturn.
To protect our communities, businesses, and life-saving public services, we strongly urge you to reject any further attempts to diminish NOAA’s critical services and the workforce that provides them. Instead, we call on you to champion efforts to strengthen the agency in its mission to provide the best science, service, and stewardship as the agency works to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, ocean and coasts; to share that knowledge and information with others; and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources. We are counting on you to reject reckless efforts to diminish this critical agency–for the future of our health, safety, economies, communities, and ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources.
Sincerely,
10 by 2020
350.org
350Brooklyn
3D Scuba
A Community Voice, an Affiliate of ACORN
A SustainAble Production
A.R. Environmental Marketing House
Acadia Institute of Oceanography
Accelerate Global
Acqua Mater
Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet
Advocating Wild
Ahora Inc.
Alamosa Riverkeeper
Alaska Clean Water Advocacy
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
All Animal Training
Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed
AltruVistas
American Association of Geographers
American Cetacean Society
American Fly Fishing Trade Association
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Littoral Society
American Malacological Society
American Rivers
American Society of Naturalists
Americans for Financial Reform
Amigos for Monarchs
Anabaptist Climate Collaborative
Anacostia Riverkeeper
Anastasia Productions
Anglesey Sea Zoo
Animal Welfare Institute
Anne Mumsword LLC
Anthropocene Alliance
Appalachian Citizens' Law Center
Appalachian Voices
Aqua Surf School
Aquamarine Catalyst
Aquarium of Niagara
AquElys, Inc.
ArcticLynx
ARDITI
Around The World and 80 Fabrics
Arriba South Coast
ArtEclecticfineart
Artemex
ASP Photography
Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions
Association of Protected Species and Environmental Monitors
Association of State Floodplain Managers
At Depth Marine Science
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper
Audubon Society of the Capital Region
Automated Controls, Inc.
Azul
Bainiel Plants
Bali Apparel and Accessories
Baltimore Green Space
Bar Harbor Whale Watch
Barron LLC
Básico Carbon
Basque Beginnings LLC
Bayou City Waterkeeper
Beach Ambassador Program
Beaches Go Green
Begin Again HR
BehindTheSTEAHM
Bellamare, LLC
Beltane Cabins
Better Planet Education
Between the Waters
Beyond Plastics
Big Dreams, Inc
Big Island Invasive Species Committee
Birds Georgia
Black Warrior Riverkeeper
Black-Sampit Riverkeeper
Blue Frontier
Blue Green Generation
Blue Grid
Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation
Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation
Blue Spark Strategies
Blue Water Baltimore
blue wave project
BluEco Swaps
BlueTide Project
Blueyou
BodyLife Works Coaching
Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs
Bradley Beach Business & Community Alliance
Brighter Green
Bronx River-Sound Shore Audubon
Butterfly Business Credit & Travel Solutions, LLC
Cahaba Riverkeeper
CAIRD Sextant LLC
California Marine Sanctuary Foundation
Calusa Waterkeeper
Camelot Energy Group
Campaign for Environmental Literacy
Cape May Fisherman
Cape May Whale Watcher INC
Carbon Collect Inc
Care for Coral
Carolina Ocean Alliance
Center for a Sustainable Coast
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for the Blue Economy
Cetacean Society International
Chagrin River Watershed Partners
Challenged Sailors San Diego
Change is Simple, Inc.
Change the Chamber
Chautauqua-Conewango Consortium, A Waterkeeper Alliance Affiliate
CheloniData LLC
Chemung Valley Audubon Society
Cherokee Concerned Citizens
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council
Chesapeake Legal Alliance
Chimera Design
Christian Council of Delmarva
CIDCO
Citizens' Committee For Flood Relief
Claflin School Studios
Clean Air For All Now
Clean Earth Future
Clean Fairfax
Clean Miami Beach
Clean Up Sound & Harbor, Inc.
Clean Virginia Waterways
Clean Water Action
CLEO Institute
Climate + Energy Project
Climate Adaptation Partners
Climate Civics International
Climate Generation
Climate Hawks Vote
Climate Law & Policy Project
Climate Mental Health Network
Climate Reality Project Orange County
Climate Reality Project, North Broward and Palm Beach County, FL Chapter
Climate Revolution Action Network NJ
Climate Water Action
CMOceans, LLC
Coalition for Sustainable Aquaculture
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
Coast Commerce Solutions
Coastal Canyon Tang Soo Do
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch
Coastal Fly Angler
Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island
Coastal Traders
Coastal Wildlife Club, Inc.
Coastal with Kelly
Common Action
Communitopia
Compass Ecospatial LLC
Compass Rose Marine LLC
Conservation Law Foundation
Construindo o Futuro
Cook Inletkeeper
Cool OC
Coral Restoration Consortium
Corporate Accountability Lab
Council Fire
CPCArchitects
Creation Justice Ministries
Creative Resource Strategies, LLC
Creek Lands Conservation
Crescent Beach Landowners Association
Crescent Kee Group, LLC
Cultivating Capital
Curiosity Over Fear
Damdol Enterprises
David Shiffman Scientific and Environmental Consulting
Daybreak Beach Club
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action
DC Environmental Network
Debris Free Oceans
Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit
Delaware Audubon
Delaware Interfaith Power & Light
Delaware Nature Society
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society
Detroit Future City
Detroit Riverkeeper
Dispatch Goods, Inc
District Refillery & Co.
DNA Sustainable Threds
Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids
Downeast Salmon Federation
Downeast Wildlife Art
Drawing Conclusions LLC
Duke University Oceans@Duke
E+E Leader
Earth Island Institute "Stop Fish Bombing"
EarthEcho International
Earthjustice
Eastern Woodland Protectors
Eastside Community Network- NWS Cooperative Weather Station
Eco Maniac Company
Ecodeo
Ecological Restoration and Stormwater Management LLC
Ecological Workforce Initiative
EcoMadres
Ecophanie
Edges of Earth Collective
EIILM Kolkata
Elders Climate Action
Ellie Rider LLC
Emerger Strategies
ENB Sea Keepers
Endangered Species Coalition
Energy Innovators Network
Environmental Action Committee of West Marin
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Education Council of Ohio
Environmental Education Fund
Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Environteers.org
Esto Consulting
Eurasian Wildlife and Peoples
Eva’s Wild SPC
Everblue
Excellentia Consultintg Group
Exhale Outdoors
Facet Power
Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future Ohio
Feather Leaf Farm and Nature Center
Fin Pin Shop
Financial Success, Inc.
Finsulate USA
Fish On
FishOcean Enterprises Ltd
FishWise
Flatwoods Forest School
Flickr
Florida Floodplain Managers Association
Flukes International Whale Tours
flyfishingmontauk.com
Flying Fish Company LLC
Flytime Guide Service
Folded Crane Yoga
Food & Water Watch
For Love of Water
Forge & Field Notes
Fortescue
Four Fin Creative
Four Harbors Audubon Society
FOUR PAWS USA
FracTracker Alliance
Frank's Market & Refillery
Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution
Freshwater Future
Fridays For Future NYC
Friends of Casco Bay/Casco Baykeeper
Friends of Fort Gorges
Friends of Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of Midway Atoll
Friends of NOAA
Friends of Rahway River Parkway
Friends of the Chicago River
Friends of the Detroit River
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Everglades
Friends of the Mariana Trench
Friends of the Rouge
Friends of the San Juans
Friends of the San Juans
Futureswell
Genesee Valley Audubon Society
Genung’s Fish Camp
Geo Divers
Giant Shoulders LLC
Global Brain Foundation
Go Get Grants
Golden Eagle Conservation Society
Goodwin Technologies
Grand Traverse Bay Waterkeeper
Great Lakes Business Network
Great Lakes Conservation Advisors LLC
Great Lakes Islands Alliance
Great Lakes Observing System
Great Old Broads for Wilderness
Greater St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church
Green America
Green Career Advisor
Green Fin Studio
Green Ossining
Green Outer Sunset
Green Thumb Strategies
Green World Now
GreenFaith
GreenLatinos
Greenpeace USA
GreenWave instruments
Grounded in Maine Podcast
Groundwork Ohio River Valley Inc
Gulf Reach Institute
Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association
Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition
Gunnar Conrad Photography
Habitat Recovery Project
Hackensack Riverkeeper
Hafod Climate Consulting
Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation
Harbor Watch at Earthplace
Hawai’i Marine Animal Response
Hawaii Pacific University Pelagicos Laboratory
Hawaii Water Safety Coalition
Hawaii Wildlife Fund
Healthy Gulf
Healthy Ocean Coalition
Hewit Family Foundation
High Country HandyFam
Hispanic Access Foundation
Holden Gardens and Forests
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, USA-JPIC
Hoosier Environmental Council
Hope Outreach Foundation Inc.
Houston Advanced Research Center
Hudson River Audubon Society
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Hudson River Watershed Alliance
Humboldt Waterkeeper
Huron River Watershed Council
Hyperfocused Communications
Iconoclast Custom Surfboards
Iliokai Kauai
Illinois Division of the Izaak Walton League
illumine.earth
Imagine Fine Art Printing
Indian Riverkeeper
Indiana Sportsmens Roundtable
Indivisible HoCoMD Environmental Action
Indivisible New Rochelle
Indivisible Tri-Valley
Inhale Diving
Inland Empire Waterkeeper
Inland Ocean Coalition
Inspiring Through Nature
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
International Conservation Fund
International Corporate Accountability Roundtable
International Fund for Animal Welfare
International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute
Iron Gate Capital, Inc.
ITI Building Consultants Inc.
Izaak Walton League of America - National Great Lakes Committee
Jacob Hamilton’s Lawn Patrol
Jeffrey Cardenas Photography
Jenkinson's Aquarium
Jenna Soulliere LLC
Jennifer Clausen Illustration
Jewish Climate Action Network NYC
JFEnvironmental Trust Foundation
KAO Consulting
Karibe Kombucha
Kassia+Surf
Katuvi
Keep Massachusetts Beautiful
Keiko Conservation
Kell Bell’s Shells & Sea Glass
Kentucky Conservation Committee
Kentucky Heartwood
Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition
Kettle Range Conservation Group
KIDS for the BAY
Kimberly Maroon Creative LLC
KLG Consulting
Kook Aunty
Kook Aunty
Kua’āina Ulu ‘Auamo
La Regata
Lake Erie Waterkeeper
Last Stand
Last Whaling Station
Late Apex Media, LLC
Law Office of Lara Pearson, Ltd., PBC, DBA Brand Geek
LEAD Agency Inc.
League of Conservation Voters
Lewis Place Historical Preservation, Inc
Lexington Climate Action Network
Lighthouse Acupuncture and Wellness Center
Lightpalace Productions
Little Women, Big Sharks
Little Zesty, LLC
Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network
Livermore Indivisible
Living Nature Coast, LLC
Living Sea Sculpture
López-Wagner Strategies
Los Angeles Audubon Society
Los Angeles Waterkeeper
Louisiana Just Recovery Network
Love2flyfishmedia
LoveTheOceans.org
Lower Westchester Chapter of Beyond Plastics
Lowlander Center
Lucent Psychotherapy
Luderitz Blue School
LUNEAERA
M3 Pursuits LLC
Malama Pono Punalu'u
Mangrove Web
Manijeh Berenji MD Consulting Inc
Marine BioEnergy, Inc.
Marine Conservation Institute
Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc.
Marine Energy Technology Solutions, LLC
Marine Fish Conservation Network
Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket
Marine Megafauna Foundation
MARKEY MACHINERY
Married in the Forest
Maru Marine Limited
Maskelp
Matanzas Riverkeeper
Maui Ocean Center
Menhaden Defenders
Mersea Strategy LLC
Micah Six Eight Mission
Michael AW Production
Michigan Botanical Society, Huron Valley Chapter
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Michigan Environmental Council
Michigan League of Conservation Voters
Microhabitat
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action
Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Milwaukee Water Commons
Minorities in Shark Sciences
Mississippi Farm to School Network
Mississippi Rising Coalition
Missouri River Bird Observatory
Miuracle Agency
MN Division of the Izaak Walton League of America
Moms Clean Air Force
Montclair Climate Action
Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust
MORAES of South Florida
Mossville Environmental Action Now
Move Past Plastic
MSG Attorney at Law
Narayan Strategy
Narragansett Bay Riverkeeper
Nassau Hiking & Outdoor Club
National Aquarium
National Center for Water Quality Research
National Low Income Housing Coalition
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
National Ocean Protection Coalition
Natural Power, LLC
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nature for All
Nautilus Productions LLC
New Hampshire Audubon
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
New Jersey Environmental Lobby
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters
Next 100 Coalition
Nexus Weather and Climate Inc.
Nia Impact Capital
Nicole Tammaro Photography
No2Plastic
Nobilis Pipe
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment
North Atlantic Whale Watch Naturalist Association
North Carolina Coastal Federation
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network
North Carolina State Agroecology Education Farm
North Shore Audubon Society
Northern Catskills Audubon Society
Northern Chumash Tribal Council
Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides
Nunnally Underwater Marine Advisors
Nurture NATURE
Nutcase Vegan
NW Guides and Anglers Association
NXTGEN Solutions
NY/NJ Baykeeper
NY4WHALES
NYC Plover Project
NYCD16/15 Indivisible
Ocean Alliance
Ocean Conservancy
Ocean Conservation Research
Ocean Defense Initiative
Ocean Equities LLC
Ocean Riot
Ocean River Institute, Inc
Ocean Solutions Inc
Ocean Story ACTS
Ocean Uprise
Ocean Visions
Oceana
Oceanbeat Consulting
OceanDeep
Oceanic Global Foudation
Oceanic preservation society
OceanNEnvironment Ltd : Ocean Geographic
OceanSpace LLC
OFF THE WALL ENERGY INC
Ohio Lead Free Kids Coalition
Onondaga Audubon
Onslow County Women for Progress
Orange County Coastkeeper
Orca Conservancy
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition
Oregon Wild
Organized Uplifting Resources & Strategies
Outdoor Exposure Photography, LLc
Outdoor Promise
PA Division of the Izaak Walton League
Pacific Environment
Pacific Whale Foundation
Papaya Enterprises LLC
Partnership for Policy Integrity
Pearl Riverkeeper
Peconic Baykeeper
Peoples Water Board Coalition
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility PA
Pincoya Solutions
Pine Street Carpenters, Inc.
Planet Grants LLC
Planetir
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Plastic Wave Project
Plumlee Gulf Beach Realty Inc.
Portside Medical Consulting
Possibility Ocean
Potomac Conservancy
Potomac Valley Audubon Society, Inc.
Predator Defense
Prime Time Seafood, Inc.
Project Dorsal
Project Impact, LLC
Providence Restaurant
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
Pulp Fixin
Purple Diamond Collective LLC-directly impacted consulting
Quintessential Carbon
Rainbow’s End Media
Raritan Riverkeeper
RE Sources
Re-nourish
RecycleGO
Redwood Climate Communications
Reef Aquaculture Conservancy
Reef Healers LLC
Reef Relief
Reenvision
Reorganized
Resource Renewal Institute
Responsible Alpha
Retail Death
ReThink Energy Florida
Rethinking Choices
Ripple Resilience
RiptiydePlantas
River Alliance of Wisconsin
Riverkeeper
Riverways Collaboration
Riveter Communications
Rjkanephotography
Rockbridge Conservation
Rocky River Watershed Council
Rogue River Watershed Council
Rooted in Conservation
RP Communication
Rural Roots Louisiana
Russian Riverkeeper
Sachamama
Sacramento Splash
Safe Dark Sky
Sage Media Design
Salt Republic, LLC
Salted Roots
Sam Bugas Photography
San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper
San Diego Energy District
Sanctuary Farms
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Sarah Buck, Naturopath LLC
Sashoonya
Satilla Riverkeeper
Save Ohio Parks
Save Our Shores
Save our Soundside, Inc.
Save Our Water
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
Save Sea Life
Save the Bay - Narragansett Bay
Save the Waves
Save The Waves Coalition
saveinternational.org
Saving Island Green Wildlife & Beyond
Saving the Seas Corp
Scallop Republic Micronation, Inc
Science for Decisions LLC
Scilutions, LLC
Scuttlebutt Entertainment
Sea & Shore Solutions
Sea Sport Cruises Inc.
Sea Star Explorations, LLC
Sea Turtle Conservancy
Seagreen Insights
SeaLegacy
Seaside Sustainability
SeaStereo
Seattle Aquarium
Seattle Dive Tours
Seatuck Environmental Organization
SeaVoice
Seneca Lake Guardian
Seven Circles Foundation
Shaker Lakes Garden Club
Shark River Cleanup Coalition
Shark Stewards
Sharks Educational Institute
Sharktagger
Shaw Institute
Shedd Aquarium
Sheffield Saves
shophandmademania.com
ShoreRivers Inc.
Sierra Club
Silver Rose Woodworks
Singlefin
SJSU Anthropology Club
Sketchy Soul, LLC
SkyTruth
Smaller Nets Happier Oceans
SoCal Sea Turtles Inc
Society for the Protection of Insects
Sound Solutions Consulting
South River Watershed Alliance
South Shore Audubon Society
South Yuba River Citizens League/Yuba River Waterkeeper
Southern Environmental Law Center
Spinster Abbott's
Spirit Oceano Foundation
Spokane Riverkeeper
St. Marys Riverkeeper
Stop Elmhurst Flooding
Students for Ecological Restoration at Western Washington University
Students Organizing for Sustainability at Georgia Tech
Studio Randi Renate
SummerTime Surf
Sunnyside
Sunrise Newark
Surfrider Foundation
Sussex Health & Environmental Network
Sustain Cities
Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Sustainable Ocean Alliance Pacific Northwest
Sustainable Sasha
SwellMinded
Taller Ecologico de Puerto Rico
Tampa Bay Waterkeeper
TAO
Tatjana Mai-Wyss Illustration
Team Rising Tide
Terre Blue, LLC
The Antidote LLC
The Artsy Rooster Studio
The Blue Hen
The Capacity Collaborative
The Center for Environmental Transformation
The Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Inc.
The Cleanup Club
The Climate Center
The Climate Reality Project
The Clinch Coalition
The Cougar Fund
The Crusty Worm
The Cube Collective
The Difference a2c LLC
The FINstitute
The Greening of Detroit
The Happily Living
The Human Trafficking Legal Center
The International SeaKeepers Society
The Junction Coalition
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center
The Last Plastic Straw
The Learning Green, LLC
The Leatherback Project
The LIAM Foundation
The Ocean Advocate
The Ocean Foundation
The Ocean Genome Legacy Center of Northeastern University
The Ocean Project
The Oregon Kelp Alliance
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
The PRIDE Equestrian
The Rachel Carson Council
The Science Communicator, LLC
The Scuba Place Ltd
The SEA People
The Ugly Fruit Group
The Urban Wildlands Group
The Wet Gala Event
The Whale Trail
The Whalemobile
ThinkOcean Society
Thought Gap
Three Rivers Waterkeeper
Three Sisters Orchard
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Tooth x Scale
Touch pottery
Tree Climbing Colorado
Tri-Valley Air Quality Climate Alliance
Tualatin Riverkeepers
Turtle Island Restoration Network
Twin Harbors Waterkeeper
Unbounded Associates
Underworld Photography
Uneekflowers and gifts LLC
Union of Concerned Scientists
United by Blue
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Unthinkable
Upper Allegheny Waterkeeper
Upstream Tech
Upwell Turtles
Urban Ocean Lab
US Harbors
Verdani Partners
Vernal Pool Partners
Virginia League of Conservation Voters
Visual Teaching Technologies
Vital NRG
VoteWater
WAGE International
Washington Conservation Action
Washington Maritime Blue
Wata Wahine World
WaterHouse Photo Tours
Waterkeeper Alliance
Waterkeepers Chesapeake
Waterspirit
WBH Photography
WE ARE LAB
West End Divers S.A.
Western Society of Naturalists
Western Watersheds Project
Wetlands Watch
Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Wild Cumberland
Wild Heritage
Wild Oyster Project
WILDCOAST
Wise Ancestors
Wonder Waves Coffee
World Ocean Day
World Ocean Observatory
Wyoming Untrapped
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates
Yachats Wild
York River Steward
Young, Gifted & Green
Youth for Youth Initiative