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Black-footed ferrets are on the brink of extinction - and the Forest
Service has a proposal that means they may never recover

Take Action!

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Dear Defender of
Wildlife,

Black-footed ferrets are on the brink of extinction - and the
Forest Service has a cruel plan to destroy the habitat they need to
recover.

Black-footed ferrets depend on large prairie dog colonies to survive,
and the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Wyoming is one of the last
places with enough prairie dogs for these struggling ferrets to make a
recovery.

But a recent proposal by the U.S. Forest Service will give a green
light to poisoning and shooting prairie dogs in the last area in
Thunder Basin where these creatures are protected.

Tell the Forest Service to keep Thunder Basin's prairie dogs
protected for the recovery of black-footed ferrets and the many other
animals that depend on them!

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If those prairie dog protections are eliminated, black-footed ferret
recovery will be doomed - and so will the rest of Thunder
Basin's native wildlife that depend on prairie dogs to survive!

Many Thunder Basin species including mountain plovers, swift foxes,
burrowing owls, hawks, eagles, and others rely on prairie dogs and the
habitat their colonies provide

But the Forest Service is caving to political pressure on behalf of
ranching interests. They plan to gut protections in an area currently
designated for prairie dog conservation and black-footed ferret
recovery, supposedly to allow more grass to grow for cattle -
putting the ranchers' interests before the health of these
national grasslands.

Send a message to stop the Forest Service from willfully destroying
the Thunder Basin ecosystem!

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We can't let the Forest Service sell out the public lands and wildlife
they're supposed to protect - and we can't stand by while
these native species are needlessly destroyed.

Don't let the Forest Service turn its back on Thunder Basin.
Make your voice heard today, before Thunder Basin - and the
wildlife that live here - are permanently devastated!

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Sincerely,

Chamois Andersen

Chamois Andersen
Senior Representative, Rockies & Plains

Defenders of Wildlife | 1130 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20036 |
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