URGENT! LETTER TO PROTECT THE ARTIC

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LETTER TO PROTECT THE ARTIC

 

http://www.actionnetwork.org/campaign/arctic

 

Prewritten on web. Go to the site to send a letter.

 

 

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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain has often been called

" America's Serengeti " because of its abundant and diverse wildlife. Home to

nearly 200 species, including musk oxen, grizzlies, wolves, snow geese and

millions of other migratory birds, the coastal plain is also the most

important on-shore denning area in America for polar bears and their cubs.

 

This 1.5 million-acre stretch of tundra is nestled in the northeast corner

of Alaska between the highest peaks and glaciers of the Brooks Range and the

Arctic Ocean and until now has been virtually untouched by humankind.

Each year, the coastal plain is also the site of one of our continent's

greatest wildlife spectacles: the annual Porcupine River caribou herd

migration. These 129,000 caribou are the primary source of food for the

Gwich'in Indians, who trace their history back 20,000 years and consider the

coastal plain the " sacred place where life begins. "

 

Right now, President Clinton has the opportunity to protect the Arctic

National Wildlife Refuge and its magnificent wildlife forever - by declaring

it a national monument. But oil companies and other special interests are

lobbying him heavily to open the biological heart of this wilderness to oil

drilling, which would transform the Refuge into a vast oil field complete

with roads, pipelines, sewage plants, refineries and pollution.

 

Please urge the president to reject oil industry pressure and permanently

protect this pristine wilderness and the animals that call it home.

 

 

 

 

 

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