Help Save Internationally Important Wetlands

The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is one of the most important habitats for migratory birds in the entire Pacific Flyway. But this globally significant wetland is under threat from a new bill (S. 1680/ H.R. 2801), which would remove Wilderness protection for an unnecessary and expensive road through the heart of the Refuge. Find out more.

Tell your members of Congress that building a road through the heart of such an important Refuge is a bad idea. Personalized letters have the most impact. Please edit the sample letter below to explain why protecting the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is important to you!

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I am writing today to urge you to oppose a very damaging bill, S.1680/H.R. 2801. This bill, a pet project of the Alaska delegation, would remove federal Wilderness designation from the biological heart of the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to allow construction of a damaging road in an internationally significant wetland. 
 
The bill would enable a wasteful pork-barrel project and taxpayer boondoggle that would throw away a $37.5 million investment made by Congress in 1998 and invest additional millions of dollars in a gravel road. This multi-million-dollar "golden gravel road" would cause significant damage to a fragile wetland that was designated as a Wetland of International Importance.  
 
Located at the end of the Alaska Peninsula, the wetlands of the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge provide critical feeding and resting grounds for millions of migratory birds. Hundreds of thousands of geese, federally threatened Steller's Eiders, and the entire Pacific population of Brant rely on the lagoons and wetlands of Izembek. Many mammals use the Refuge as well, including caribou, brown bears, wolves, and wolverines.
 
Please do all you can to oppose this harmful and unnecessary legislation. 
 
Thank you for your consideration of this important conservation issue.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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