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September 13, 2006 Dear !*FIRSTNAME*!, The livelihood of Alaska's largest caribou herd could be threatened if action is not taken to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from opening 5 million acres of critical habitat to mining, oil drilling, and gas development. This kind of development would harm sensitive calving grounds, summer habitat, and even remote wintering grounds for the 500,000 member Western Arctic Caribou herd. In addition to being an environmental issue, protecting this herd is a matter of human rights and subsistence needs for Alaska's Native communities in the northwest. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing a new management plan for Alaska’s Kobuk River and Seward Peninsula region. Without strong public support for conservation, the BLM will proceed with a plan that prioritizes new mining, oil, and gas development activities over protection of critical habitat for Alaska’s largest and healthiest caribou herd. Please help us protect these wild public lands in northwest Alaska
and defend the caribou that inhabit the area as well as the culture of
Alaska's Native communities. Contact the BLM today and ask them to
protect Alaska's Kobuk River and Seward Peninsula
region from the devastating effects of development. The deadline
for comments is this Friday, September 15, so please
get your comments in today. Tell the BLM you oppose a plan that would open the Alaska's Kobuk River and the Seward Peninsula to mining, oil drilling, and gas development. Thank you for your time and continued support of wild Alaska. Sincerely, Katie
Little * You
are receiving this email because you have taken action in the past to keep
Alaska wild. Your participation has been critical to
our success in protecting places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
and the Tongass National Forest. With support from
individuals like you, we will continue to safeguard the health and
wildness of Alaska's public lands. | ||
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