The Edisto River is the longest free flowing black water river in the US and provides habitat for Atlantic sturgeon and shortnose sturgeon among more than 200 other fish species.

South Carolina has an incarceration rate of 678 per 100,000 people its prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities, and locks up a higher percentage of its people than any democratic country on earth.

South Carolina is one of 15 states that actively discriminates against LGBTQ+ people.

South Carolina is among the US states that still allows the death penalty, which is banned in every other western industrialized country.

Plastic pollution, which carries toxins that harm people too, is killing Rhode Island’s ocean wildlife including sea turtles, whales, seabirds and fish and destroying once pristine coastal environments.

Rhode Island still requires voter registration a minimum of 30 days before an election instead of increasing access through same day registering and voting.

Despite an alarming decline in sharks of 70% worldwide, Rhode Island allows shark hunting.

Data reveals that police disproportionately stop and search people of color although white motorists were found to possess contraband at a higher rate.

In warmer months Rhode Island’s waters are home to a variety of whale species including humpback, right, and fin which require clean water free of oil, sewage, litter, chemicals, and plastic.

Pennsylvania ranks among the worst states for animal-vehicle collisions in the nation with a 1 in 59 chance of getting into an accident with wildlife in 2023.

Thousands of mail-in ballots were challenged and thrown out in the 2022 midterm election in Pennsylvania just because voters dated them incorrectly or not at all.

Pennsylvania is one of the top 15 states with major book bans in schools.

Pennsylvania lack many basic protective polices for LGQTQ+ people including adoption protections.

Pennsylvania is among the US states that still allows the death penalty, which is banned in every other western industrialized country.

Coho salmon are part of cultural and spiritual tradition for Indigenous people in Oregon as well as a food source for more than 100 species yet their numbers continue to decline due to human activities.

Less than 10% of Oregon’s old growth forests are left which are ecosystem hotspots which promote biodiversity, provide food and shelter for countless wildlife species, and store carbon.

Despite their precipitous status of 178 individuals, timber wolves are not protected in Oregon where they among the thousands of animals hunted, poached, and poisoned by people every year.

Oregon a broad range of gun safety laws including requirements for a permit and training in order to purchase firearms as well as a prohibition on high-capacity magazines, untraceable ghost guns, and 3-D printed guns.

Oregon is among the US states that still allows the death penalty, which is banned in every other western industrialized country.

Oklahoma’s Southern High Plains grasslands and the many species such as pronghorn, bighorn sheep and the black footed ferret lies need protection from development, extraction, and the climate crisis.