The Deparment of the Interior is currently in an open comment period regarding opening the Bering and Chukchi Sea areas for oil exploration and drilling. You can send you personalized message directly to the Secretary of the Interior to stop this.

Please feel free to use this sample letter or create on of your own and send it to the address below. Personalized communication from citizens is known to have a great influence on these decisions and letters are the best format (handwritten is actually best).

The dealine for comments is May 15, 2008, so letters need to be sent immediately.

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January 30, 2008


Dirk Kempthorne
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20240

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne:


I urge you not to allow the drilling of oil in the Bering and
Chukchi Seas in order to save the Gray Whale.

The gray whale spends several months in the Bering and Chukchi Seas
feeding on bottom dwelling amphipods before making one of the
world's longest migrations of all mammals averaging 10,000-14,000
miles to the warm waters of Baja California.

Under the polar caps, which are currently melting due to increased
temperatures, is where tiny amphipods seek refuge until they reach
full maturity. If oil were to damage the main food source or be
ingested by the gray whales as they forage bottom sediments the
species recovery would seem bleak.

Even though the gray whale has recovered better than many other
species of whales, many environmental issues still threaten the
species. It is imperative that the gray whales feeding grounds not
be open to dirty oil drilling so the gray whale can continue the
recovery process.

Please protect the gray whale and help its continued recovery by
stopping the potentially dangerous oil drilling in the Bering and
Chukchi Seas.

Sincerely,

Your name here

 

 

 

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