Dear Ricardo,
Our largest state is a battleground for several of the most intense assaults on wildlife we've ever seen
Known as "The Last Frontier," Alaska is home to some of our nation’s most spectacular and irreplaceable habitat, supporting remarkable species like polar bears, wolves and caribou. These wild lands, and the wildlife that depend on them, are a rich part of America’s natural heritage.
But Big Oil, mining industries and their allies in the Trump administration have their sights set on Alaska's natural resources. And with vulnerable animals in the crossfire, the wildlife we love are in danger.
The assaults on Alaska's wildlife and protected wild lands are reaching a fever pitch:
It’s no secret that the Trump administration is trying to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to reckless oil and gas exploration, bringing in crews and massive machinery as early as this winter that could disturb or even crush denning polar bears.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) has proposed withdrawing federal bans on a despicable range of inhumane and unethical killing practices aimed at bears and wolves.
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed modifying or eliminating the national Roadless Area Conservation Rule on the Tongass National Forest, which will promote more logging and mining and impact forest-dependent wildlife like wolves and deer.
And in the last couple of months, the DOI began seeking to reverse protections for wildlife in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), proposing toallow drilling on lands currently designated to protect native caribou and waterfowl.
Anti-wildlife forces are waging a multi-front war, trying to destroy Alaska’s habitats to line their own pockets. We need you with us to stop Alaska’s future from being sold off.
Alaska is land of rich and striking wilderness. From the temperate rainforests of the Tongass to the vast coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska is home to larger protected habitats than anywhere else in our country. The state supports the majority of our nation’s wolves, brown bears, two populations of polar bears, and countless other species that depend on these unspoiled lands.
And we want to keep it that way. It’s up to us to protect the future of Alaska’s precious wildlife and wild lands.
We won’t sit by and watch the degradation of our richest natural treasures. And if you love wildlife like we do, we invite you to join us.
Sincerely,
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Pat Lavin
Senior Alaska Representative
Defenders of Wildlife
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