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Hi John,
Born in the winter months, polar bear cubs can't yet see and are entirely reliant on their mothers until they leave their dens in spring.
But noise and other activity from oil exploration can scare off their mothers, leaving the cubs helpless. And now 1.5 million acres of key polar bear habitat in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been opened to oil leasing.
This would be a disaster for the bears and for other species — as well as the planet.
Please help the Center for Biological Diversity fight back with a gift today to the Future for the Wild Fund.
Last fall the Trump administration moved to turn over large swaths of Alaska and the Arctic to Big Oil.
That includes opening up the entire 1.5 million acres of the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil leasing.
This area is one of the country's last great wildernesses.
In addition to being key habitat for polar bears — nearly a third of the Southern Beaufort Sea population dens there — it's also the place where, every year, the caribou of the majestic Porcupine herd give birth.
During the summer millions of migratory birds return to the coastal plain to nest.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge mustn't be turned into an oilfield. Once this precious landscape is in industry hands, it could be lost to the wild forever.
The Trump administration is issuing a frenzy of dangerous scorched earth policies. And it knows its plans to wreak havoc on the Arctic are unpopular. That's why we have to push back now.
Safeguarding polar bears and so many other vulnerable creatures requires us to be on watch for every attack, every attempt to tear down the wild.
We're here each day doing that work, and we need you with us.
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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