Save Our Cypress

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Day of Action

 Save Our Cypress Action Manual 215.28 Kb

 Sample Letter to Store Manager 28.50 Kb

 Sample Letter to CEOs 29.00 Kb

 Day of Action Flier 175.50 Kb

 Postcards, Print Ready - Front & Back

 Nov 17 Day of Action- Cypress Seedling Certificate of Adoption 254.23 Kb

 Cypress Seedling Cut-Out 37.16 Kb - You can print off a couple copies, cut out a similarly shaped piece of cardboard, glue your prints to the cardboard, "plant" it in some sort of cup or pot, and voila, you've got a cypress sapling to deliver to the local store manager.

 Sample Newsletter Article 72.00 Kb

 Sample Email 93.00 Kb

 Waterkeeper Alliance White Paper 359.17 Kb

 Save Our Cypress Campaign Action Manual 406.72 Kb
In-depth information on the cypress issue and details on getting involved with the campaign. As you probably know, cypress forests throughout the Gulf are being clear-cut to make cypress garden mulch. These swamps are our best natural storm and flooding protection, and they provide important habitat for endangered species.

The Save Our Cypress Coalition is demanding that Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Lowe's end the sale of this destructive and unnecessary product. Sustainable alternatives like pine straw and melaleuca mulch exist.

Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe's agree that this is a serious problem, but that’s about where the agreement stops. They say their suppliers promise that nothing is coming from endangered forests, but they’ve got no proof to back that up. The Save Our Cypress Coalition has a ton of evidence showing that the mulch is indeed coming from where they claim it isn’t. Lowe's, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot are not taking this threat seriously. They need to abandon this destructive product.

Read the Save Our Cypress Action Manual for more info.