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SC-Action Volume III, #1 January 2, 2001

YOUR HELP NEEDED: Arctic National Monument Call In Day

TAKE ACTION - HELP PROTECT THE ARCTIC REFUGE WITH ONE PHONE CALL

Tomorrow, January 3, 2001 is Arctic Monument Nationwide Call-In Day.
Thousands of supporters will be calling the White House to voice their
support for the Arctic Wildlife National Monument.  Use our TOLL FREE
number, 1-888-750-4897, to make your voice heard!  Simply let the White
House operator know that you want President Clinton to protect the Arctic
Refuge as a national monument.  Ask your friends and colleagues to make the
call as well, and help us ring in a Happy New Year for the Arctic Refuge.

The coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge is the biological heart of the last
unspoiled Arctic ecosystem in North America.  Polar bears den on these
coastal lands while 130,000 Porcupine River caribou travel hundreds of
miles each year to the coastal plain, where they deliver their young.
Grizzly bears, musk oxen, wolves, golden eagles and tundra swans all call
this unique place home for at least part of the year.

The Gwich'in Indians call this area "the sacred place where life begins."
The Gwich'in are "caribou people," - the Porcupine caribou herd has been
the cornerstone of their culture and subsistence for 20,000 years. If the
caribou herd declines because the calving grounds are disturbed by oil
industrialization  the Gwich'in way of life will be jeopardized.

Please contact Dan Lavery at 202-675-2390 or [log in to unmask] with
any questions and get dialing!!

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