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Hi John,
Alaska's Western Arctic is one of the largest, most biodiverse tracts of public land in the United States.
Yet the Trump administration just greenlit a plan to destroy it with a caravan of bulldozers and 95,000-pound "thumper trucks."
It's part of the plan to turn Alaska into a giant oilfield. The Center for Biological Diversity and allies sued to stop it.
Please stand with us by giving today to the Future for the Wild Fund. All gifts by Dec. 31 will be matched.
The Western Arctic of Alaska is home to iconic and imperiled wildlife species like polar bears and seals who depend on sea ice. It also sustains millions of migratory birds and Alaska's massive caribou herds.
But the Bureau of Land Management rammed through approval to allow winter seismic and exploration drilling there. That includes thumper trucks — massive vehicles that repeatedly strike the ground with large plates, using seismic waves to detect oil deposits.
It's exactly the wrong thing for Alaska and its wildlife.
Giving a pass to Big Oil to scare mother polar bears out of their dens and wreck these largely undeveloped places is a betrayal of the public trust.
The agency knows how unpopular this is. That's why it released its assessment of the harm the project will cause — without any public hearing — during the government shutdown. It gave the final go-ahead the day before Thanksgiving, hoping to suppress outrage.
Now, nearly 200,000 acres could be ruined by gas and oil exploration, which is why we went to court to stop it.
Threats to Alaska and the Arctic are escalating. We must hold the line to safeguard these landscapes and the imperiled species who live there.
Because threats to wildlife and public lands are ongoing, we need you for the long haul. Please start a monthly donation to sustain our defense.
For the wild,
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