Here are some other options for contacting President Clinton.
Forwarded by Jane Clark

Contact Clinton and encourage his use of executive order to proclaim the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a National Monument, --  simply phone the
President's Opinion Line (toll-free) at 1-866-366-3655, and express the
above idea.

OR call toll-free at 1-800/663-9566 (press zero to bypass the long
recording) from 9 am - 5 pm Eastern time.

OR CALL THE WHITE HOUSE, TOLL FREE: (888) 750-4897 (business hours only)

If you cannot call today, be sure to call the White House before January
20th and make sure your voice is heard!

Or, as a last resort,
Call the White House hotline at (202) 456-1111 (press "0" when prompted)
from 8:30-5:00 EST and tell the comments-line operator that you want
President Clinton to declare the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be a
National Monument as the last great environmental act of his presidency.
This one action may result in the protection of more animals than almost
anything else you can do. You may also send the president an email at:
[log in to unmask] Your message or phone call can simply say:

Mr. President,
As the last environmental act of your presidency, I am asking you to
designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be a National Monument.
Please culminate your presidency with this great environmental legacy.
Thank you,

- Protect the Arctic Refuge from oil drilling, by designating the Refuge's
coastal plain as a National Monument.

- Thank him for his defense of the Arctic Refuge five years ago (he vetoed
legislation that would have allowed oil drilling there), when he called
this spectacular wilderness, "one of America's great national treasures."

- Drilling in the Arctic would do nothing to bring down today's high oil
prices or solve our long-term energy needs.

- Most important, no amount of oil is worth destroying the beauty and
wonder of this amazing place, or the traditional lives of the Native
American people who rely on it.

From The Wilderness Society in November.

A solid majority of Americans support designation of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge as a National Monument by Pres. Clinton, in order to
protect it from oil drilling, according to a new poll released by The
Wilderness Society and the Alaska Wilderness League.  Your calls and
emails to the President are still needed -- please take action today at
http://www.wilderness.org/arctic/index.htm?wa

BACKGROUND
By a margin of 56 to 29 percent, Americans say drilling in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge is not worth the environmental risk.  Further, 55
percent say they support President Clinton declaring the coastal portion
of the Arctic Refuge a national monument, which would prevent oil
exploration and drilling there.

"This poll demonstrates that the more people learn about the Arctic
Refuge, the stronger their support is for protecting the Arctic Refuge
from oil drilling and for designating it as a national monument," said
Mark Mellman, president of the Mellman Group which conducted the survey.
"Despite the alarm being sounded about energy prices, Americans do not
want to risk oil drilling in the fragile Arctic Refuge."

Over 95% of Alaska's north slope is already available for oil exploration,
but the oil industry and its political allies have stepped up efforts to
open up the remaining 5% -- the Arctic Refuge coastal plain -- to oil
drilling.  Yet government studies indicate that the amount of oil that is
most likely to be economically recoverable would only be enough to provide
the country with a 180-day supply at current consumption rates.

"Even if we tear up every wilderness in America, we cannot change the
reality that we have only three percent of the world's oil reserves and
use 25 percent of the world's produced oil," said Allen E. Smith, Alaska
Regional Director of The Wilderness Society.  "Some places are simply too
special, and we need to pass them along to future generations just like
they are."

Numerous energy analysts agree that the U.S. simply can't drill its way to
energy independence.  Still, oil companies and their supporters are trying
to mislead the American public into thinking that Arctic Refuge oil will
magically have an effect of TODAY'S high oil prices, even though that oil,
if it even can be recovered, would not come to market for 7-10 YEARS, and
would never amount to more than 2% of U.S. demand at any one time.

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