Your calls needed!!

This coming Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on whether or not to turn the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into a vast industrial oil field. The vote will be very, very close. We need to step up the pressure on the House, by keeping the phones ringing off the hook on Capitol Hill.

We can win this! But only if you call your Representative now. It's quick, easy, and it could protect one of the world's premier wilderness areas for future generations. Call now. The message is simple: Vote AGAINST oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge in the Budget Reconciliation bill.

You can look up your Representative's name and number at: http://ga1.org/wilderness/leg-lookup/search.tcl

Time Is Short

There's not much time. Drilling language has already passed the Senate as part of the Budget Reconciliation bill. Moderate Republicans have been pressing leadership to remove Arctic Refuge drilling from the House version of the Budget bill, and that could still happen. But these courageous Members need bolstering. And those who are sitting on the fence need to be moved to act on behalf of the Refuge.

Your phone call can make the difference. Please call now.

The Arctic Refuge, an unsurpassed wilderness and wildlife sanctuary, has been off-limits to oil drilling for the past half century. Surely America is not so desperate that we would despoil this cherished place in order to save a penny a gallon on gasoline, 20 years from now.

When you call, please state your name, your address, and your message: Protect the Arctic Refuge. Vote AGAINST oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge in the Budget Reconciliation bill.

Again, you can look up your Representative's name and number at: http://ga1.org/wilderness/leg-lookup/search.tcl

Thanks for all you have done and are doing to protect the Arctic Refuge.

Sincerely,

Kathy Kilmer Director,
Electronic Communications
The Wilderness Society