Protect the Arctic Wildlife Refuge - Please Call or Write Your Senators Today
Arkansas Chapter Sierra Club
March 2003

The votes cast by Arkansas' Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor will be key to preventing destructive oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Within the next few weeks, our Senators will be asked to approve a budget bill that would open the Arctic Refuge to oil development. Tying the fate of the reserve to a budget bill is a blatant attempt to avoid public debate on this extremely controversial issue and an open vote on destroying one of our greatest natural treasures.

As soon as possible, use the information below and please write, email, call or fax Senator Pryor and Lincoln and urge them to resist efforts by the oil companies to sneak into the federal budget their plans to drill in the arctic refuge.

Let them know that Arctic drilling has nothing to do with balancing the budget and it has proven to be a highly controversial issue that deserves full debate as part of comprehensive energy legislation. Remind them that serious questions remain as to the environmental impact drilling would have on this pristine area and the wildlife that depend on it.

The Arctic Refuge is a national treasure, home to wolves, polar bears, caribou and the staging ground for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds. We believe this area should be preserved for future generations, not plundered for six months of oil that won't arrive here for ten years. Please, if possible, send us a copy of your correspondence and any response you receive.

Thank You

Arkansas Chapter of the Sierra Club and Sierra Club Southern Plains Field Office
txar@earthlink.net

Honorable Senator Blanche Lincoln
DC: 202-224-4843
DC: Fax: 202-228-1371
LR: 501-375-2993
LR: Fax: 501-375-7064
Web: www.senate.gov/~lincoln
Dirkson Senate Office Building
Room 355
Washington DC 20510

Honorable Senator Mark Pryor
DC: 202-224-2353
DC: Fax: 202-228-0908
LR: 501-324-6336
LR: Fax: 501-324-5320
Email: mark_pryor@pryor.senate.gov
Web: pryor.senate.gov
Dirkson Senate Office Building
Room 825
Washington DC 20510