Tell the BOEM to drop plans to open up critical habitat for vulnerable wildlife
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[[link removed]]HELP PROTECT VULNERABLE MARINE WILDLIFE!
Dear Defender,

Northern sea otters and beluga whales may be the latest victims of the oil
industry, thanks to this administration. We need your help to speak up for these
animals!

A new round of oil and gas leases for offshore drilling threatens habitat in
Alaska’s Cook Inlet. This critical habitat is home to endangered Cook Inlet
belugas and threatened northern sea otters from the southwestern Alaska
population.

Oil drilling poses a dangerous threat to these and other vulnerable species.
Tell the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) that this risk is
unacceptable!

TAKE ACTION: Tell the BOEM to drop their plans to sell off even more habitat for
offshore drilling, before these projects harm belugas, otters and more wildlife!
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Cook inlet is a 180-mile long waterbody that winds its way from Anchorage,
Alaska to the North Pacific Ocean. It is a wonder of nature, bordered by
glaciers, volcanoes, dense forests and other wild habitat.

The belugas that call Cook Inlet home are already struggling to survive. Fewer
than 300 of these remarkable whales survive today, and the population is
dropping every year. And that’s not all: The Southwestern Alaska population of
northern sea otters has been in freefall, declining by over half since the ‘80s.

The fate of these species is clear if we continue to open up even more of their
habitat to oil leasing. We can’t let these animals disappear to the oil
industry’s greed!

Don’t wait – add your signature today to protect struggling belugas, otters and
other Alaskan wildlife!
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Big Oil doesn’t need even more space for offshore drilling – certainly not as
bad as these vulnerable animals need their homes. Drilling could bring oil
spills, noise pollution, CO2 emissions and other dire threats to this habitat.
Every lease sold for oil drilling threatens to push these imperiled animals over
the brink.

Don’t wait for the oil industry to drive these populations to extinction in
their hunt for profit. Take a stand for wildlife today!

Protect Cook Inlet Wildlife
[[link removed]]Thanks for your commitment and your compassion, on behalf of the animals who
need us most.

Sincerely,

Katy Bear Nalven

Alaska Representative
Defenders of Wildlife

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Defenders of Wildlife 1130 17th Street NW • Washington, DC 20036 defenders.org [[link removed]]


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