🐺🐻🦅 Protect their habitat—before it’s too late

We need to fight back now.

Dear Momoko, America's Western Arctic is one of the largest intact wild places left in the country: about 23 million acres where tens of thousands of caribou roam and millions of migratory birds take wing each season. And right now, it's under threat like never before. We need to raise $15,000 to help power our legal battle to block leasing as part of the upcoming oil and gas lease sale of more than 5.5 million acres of vital habitat, and ramp up our efforts to stop industrialization from devastating this fragile ecosystem. Can we count on you to pitch in before our February 28 deadline, and strengthen our defense of this critical habitat and all of our shared public lands? What leasing and seismic testing mean for the Western Arctic's wildlife: Seismic exploration sends massive industrial vehicles into vital caribou habitat. Decades of scientific study have shown that caribou are sensitive to roads and other forms of development, which alter their movement and their use of the habitat they have relied on for generations. These vulnerable animals need freedom to roam to access enough food, escape threats and have healthy populations. Give now to help protect critical caribou habitat before it's permanently disrupted. The Western Arctic contains some of the best bird habitat in the country, with vast wetlands that support millions of migratory birds from all over the world. These habitats are globally significant breeding ground for shorebirds, including the yellow-billed loon—whose entire U.S. breeding population is concentrated here. Seismic exploration and industrial development would damage the landscape these birds depend on to survive. Help us reach our $15,000 goal to defend critical migratory bird habitat before irreversible damage occurs. The Western Arctic supports populations of wolves, musk oxen, grizzly bears and other large mammals that depend on robust prey populations of caribou and other tundra species. Disrupting the landscapes that sustain prey—through habitat fragmentation or increased human activity—can cascade through the ecosystem, affecting predator behavior and survival. We can defend this landscape, protect wildlife and give the Western Arctic a future shaped by stewardship instead of exploitation—if we act now. Please, make a gift before our February 28 deadline >> Thank you for standing with us as we work to safeguard one of the last intact wild places in the world. —The Wilderness Society Lisa Hupp; Florian Schulz; Florian Schulz and Florian Schulz

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