Via The Petition Site & The Wilderness Society:

Oil Sale Imminent – Save Wildlife & Fragile Habitat

It is one of the most remarkable wetlands on the planet. Millions of waterfowl and tens of thousands of caribou are lucky enough to call it home.

But their luck may run out as soon as Sept. 27, when our government plans to sell the fragile habitat to the oil and gas industry. The place is the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area in Alaska, and you have a chance right now to protect this land – public land – from getting sold to the highest bidder.

We urgently need your help! Click here to write the Interior Secretary and demand that the imminent oil and gas lease sale be postponed.

The Teshekpuk region, part of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, is a stunning sweep of landscape, remarkable even in Alaska where a grand scale is the only scale. It is one of the most important wetland complexes in the Arctic, providing essential habitat for millions of birds and caribou.

We don’t have much more time to weigh in – act today before it’s too late!

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