Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:32:36 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: Fw: Alaska oil fields MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Ospreyers, We may not have a lot of control over who gets elected President but we can still ask our current President to carry out some important work during his remaining time in office. Here's a good example that was passed along by Jane Hill and Lydia Schindler (best if you use your own words rather than blindly reposting the same message): >Even though Clinton is president for only a few more weeks, he can >still designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be a National >Monument which would forever protect that pristine wilderness from oil >drilling and other commercial development. Bush has already stated that >he will turn the Refuge over to big oil if he is elected and Gore may >not be able to protect it for political reasons if he is elected. >Clinton is on his way out and is sympathetic to this cause and has >already protected more wildlands since Teddy Roosevelt was president. >All he needs is a push from the public. > >Call the White House hotline at (202)456-1111 (press "0" when prompted) >from 8:30-5:00 EST and tell the comments-line operator that you want >President Clinton to declare the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be a >National Monument as the last great environmental act of his presidency. >This one action may result in the protection of more animals than almost >anything else you can do. > >You may also send the president an email at: president@whitehouse.gov. > > Your message or phone call can simply say: > > Mr. President, > > As the last environmental act of your presidency, I am asking you to > designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be a National > Monument. Please culminate your presidency with this great environmental legacy. > > Thank you, ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================