Forwarded by Jane Clark at [log in to unmask] 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!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]