Senate Decides Fate of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Your help is needed now!

Dear Jack and Members of the 3 Rivers Birding Club,

You may already know that the U.S. Senate is deciding the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in January or February. Efforts are afoot to let Senator Arlen Specter know that we BIRDERS AND LOVERS OF NATURE here in Pennsylvania, Democrats and Republicans alike, would appreciate his vote against the amendement to the energy bill that would allow oil exploration and recovery of oil/natural gas in the ANWR.

The Alaska Coalition and other national, regional and state organizations are co-sponsoring a letter addressed to Senator Specter and I am imploring each member of the 3rbc to please sign the special letter and have other relatives and friends do the same. Here are the simple steps to follow:

Send a personal e-mail to Emily Ferry emily@alaskacoalition.org BEFORE JANUARY 6 with your full name, home address and e-mail address.

Request that Emily send you a copy of the letter via e-mail to read and make a copy for RELATIVES/FRIENDS who do not have e-mail to send via snail mail to Emily.

Be CERTAIN to add any title you may have in the 3RBC since the letter is meant to show organizational affiliations as well as individual, personal names.

In sum, let's show Senator Specter that there are MANY OF HIS CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT TO PRESERVE THE LAST 5% ALASKA COASTAL PLAIN WILDERNESS FOR ALL LIFE, BOTH NATURAL AND HUMAN, FOR ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS.

By the way, Emily Ferry, is the young woman who BIKED THROUGH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND STAYED WITH MANY OF US this autumn for the ANWR cause. She biked 4,000 miles from Seattle to Washington, DC. Let's NOT LET HER DOWN at this point in the scheme of things. Many thanks Gene Wilhelm, Fellow Birder.