PROTECT THE ARCTIC!
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THANK YOU for your past participation in
Audubon-supported conservation efforts.
Audubon is writing to you
now because an important conservation measure is scheduled to come up in the
U.S. House of Representatives BEFORE AUGUST 3rd! At issue is whether the U.S.
House of Representatives will vote to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
to oil and gas drilling.
Drilling for oil in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge will destroy America’s truly pristine wilderness. Millions of
migratory birds that visit our backyards, our seashores, and our local lakes and
ponds breed on the coastal plains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This
area has been called "America's Serengeti" -- home to vast herds of migrating
caribou as well as musk oxen, polar bears, grizzlies and other rare and
endangered wildlife.
Drilling in the Arctic Refuge will not lower gas
prices or respond to the electricity problems in California. Drilling in the
Arctic Refuge will not bring us closer to energy independence. Drilling will not
serve as a long-term solution for our supposed energy crisis. Ruining the
wilderness character of the Arctic Refuge forever would equate to less than a
180-day supply of oil, and it would take a full 10 years before any oil began to
flow. If drilling is allowed, the wilderness character of the Arctic
Refuge will disappear. You can help prevent this from
happening!
Please Call Your U.S. Representative Today and Urge Your
Lawmaker to PROTECT THE ARCTIC REFUGE FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING!
Nothing is as powerful on Capitol Hill as your 10-second phone call. To
immediately identify the name and direct dial phone number of your lawmaker,
please click this link: http://www.capitolconnect.com/audubon/addressform.asp
Please Fax Your U.S. Representative for FREE, by
clicking on this link: http://www.protectthearctic.com/take_action.asp
To check where your lawmaker stands on this issue, click on
this link: http://www.protectthearctic.com/news.asp
For more information, please do not hesitate to
contact us audubonaction at audubon_org