Pasted below is a flyer announcing a new Arctic Action Hotline, which 
activists can call toll-free to listen to an Arctic update and get patched 
through to their Senator's office and/or send a fax. For patch-through calls 
they'll get talking points, and for faxes they'll be able to listen to the 
text of their fax. The current message of the calls and faxes focuses on 
keeping Arctic drilling revenues out of the FY04 budget. For callers from 
states where both senators are equal priorities, calls/faxes will alternate 
between the caller's 2 senators from one day to the next; for other states 
where one of the senators is a higher priority, callers will get sent to that 
senator's office. We will be updating the information and the call to action 
periodically.

Spread the word! 

Scott Hed
Plains, Prairie & Northland Organizer
Alaska Coalition
(605) 336-6738 office
(605) 351-1646 cell

Arctic Action Hotline

 1-877-703-9491(toll-free) Conservationists have a new, easy way to help 
protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from drilling! 

GET NEWS on the latest schemes to spoil this wild place

TAKE ACTION! 
Talk to your Senator’s office or send a fax

  The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the wildest, most pristine 
places in the United States. More than 100 species of wildlife and birds rely 
on the coastal plain. The Gwich'in people have lived in this region for 
hundreds of generations. Yet drilling proponents are trying with backdoor 
attempts to override the conservation purposes of the Refuge to allow oil 
drilling. Drilling in the Arctic Refuge will produce too little oil to reduce 
energy prices or decrease our dependence on foreign oil. The more 
cost-effective, sustainable solution to the nation's energy needs is to 
promote clean, renewable energy sources and to better conserve the energy we 
have. This will save much more oil and gas than could ever be taken from the 
Arctic Refuge, without causing lasting damage to this delicate and 
irreplaceable ecosystem.  

For more information about the Arctic Refuge and what you can do to help, 
check out <A HREF="http://www.nwf.org/arcticrefuge/">http://www.nwf.org/arcticrefuge/</A>










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