From Vick Hoover, Sierra Club Staff, working on Arctic Refuge.  Phyllis

We don't know all that much about how Colorado Senator Ken Salzar will be
for our public lands as new Secretary of the Interior, but here is his
statement on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge , when he first signed
on to the Arctic wilderness bill:  As he pointed out: "we must commit
ourselves to recognize some areas as ‘off limits,’ and the Arctic
National Wildlife Reserve is a national symbol of that commitment." 

Right he is.  And, why not send a holiday message to your own senators,
if they have any pro-enviroment record at all, and mention that the new
Congress, starting in January, could be a good time to finally promote
real, permanent wilderness protection for the Arctic Refuge -- ask them
to consider becoming a Senate champion for Arctic Wilderness...

Protection for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain looms
so important for Sierra Club that we now have a full-time organizer on
staff just to work on the Arctic Refuge--this is Kit McGurn, based in
Seattle; keep Kit's name in mind because you'll be getting a message from
Kit very early in the new year...


Salazar has co-sponsored the Arctic Refuge Wilderness Bill since he got
into the US Senate.  His record on the environment may not be stellar but
he's been challenged to hold on to a seat in a state where democrats have
to be like Alaska democrats to keep getting elected.  We hope he will be
a stronger conservationist in his appointed position.  Below is his
statement on the Arctic Refuge from 2005  (And below that, see links to
two NY Times articles about him.): 
  
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