Save the Grizzly Bear - Help Re-list Them as Endangered Species

On May 1, the Bush Administration removed the Yellowstone grizzly from the Endangered Species List. Instead of undoing protections for grizzly bears, we really should be guarding them more vigilantly than ever before.

Help save grizzly bears by asking the Secretary of the Interior to re-list them as endangered species!

The great grizzly bear has long symbolized the wild spirit of the American West. Grizzlies once ranged far and wide - at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition, approximately 50,000-100,000 grizzly bears wandered through the rugged, mountainous West.

But as more humans settled the Rockies, the great bear's numbers began to dwindle. By 1975, the Yellowstone grizzly was on the brink of extinction and was listed as endangered. Under the Endangered Species Act, Yellowstone's bears have made a dramatic recovery - from just 200 bears in 1975 to roughly 600 today. But now the grizzly bear faces its biggest challenge ever: global warming.

One of the bear's primary food sources, the seed of whitebark pine trees, is disappearing. Scientists report that warmer temperatures are causing an explosion in the Yellowstone pine beetle population, leading to decimation of whitebark pine. In addition, more and more of the grizzly's range land is being opened to oil and gas development.

Tell the Administration that you want to see grizzly bears protected and that they should re-list the bears today>> http://go.care2.com/e/R0nw/ITZc/elWy

Together, we can make a difference!

Michael L.
Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team

Help protect Greater Yellowstone's last grizzly bears

The Bush administration is weighing a proposal that would allow
oil and gas development and off-road vehicle use in critical
grizzly bear habitat in Wyoming's Shoshone National Forest.

We need your immediate online action to protect grizzly bears
from this destructive activity. Please act quickly. The deadline
for public comments is Wednesday, March 28!

Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/bears/takeaction
right away and urge the Bush administration to adopt a revised
management plan for the Shoshone that protects the forest's
remaining wild expanses and declares it off-limits to
destructive oil and gas drilling.

The vast forests and alpine slopes of the Shoshone supply
abundant quantities of army cutworm moths and whitebark pine
seeds -- two of the most important foods for grizzlies in our
Yellowstone/Greater Rockies BioGem.

Pressure is mounting to expand oil and gas development and
off-road vehicle use in this key grizzly bear habitat. And
scientists predict that global warming will further shrink the
bear's habitats by pushing whitebark pine and moths to ever
higher elevations.

The tall mountains of the Shoshone forest are likely to sustain
healthy whitebark pine longer than other parts of Greater
Yellowstone and will be essential to the survival of the
region's imperiled grizzly bears.

Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/bears/takeaction
and tell the Bush administration to protect this vital grizzly
bear habitat from destructive development.

Thank you for defending America's grizzly bears, one of the last
wildlife icons of the West.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

Say NO to coal mining in grizzly habitat

The Cline Mining Corporation wants to gouge a heavily polluting coal mine out of the Flathead River Valley, a thriving RockyMountain habitat for grizzly bears that straddles the border ofMontana and British Columbia.

We need your immediate action to block this dangerous open-pit mining scheme, which would poison the headwaters of the FlatheadRiver and jeopardize the survival of downstream populations of imperiled grizzly bears, wolves, cut throat trout and otherwildlife.

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/bears/takeaction and urge the British Columbia government to protect the spectacular wildlands and wildlife of the Flathead basin by rejecting the Cline Mining Corporation's reckless plan.

Cline's mining proposal calls for removing mountain tops and building waste dumps and settling ponds right on top of the headwaters of the Flathead River in British Columbia.

Hazardous pollution from the mine would travel down river into Montana, putting the endangered grizzlies and other wildlife of Glacier National Park at even greater risk.

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/bears/takeaction and join Governor Brian Schweitzer and Senator Max Bauchus of Montana in speaking out against this scheme.

Thank you for helping to protect grizzly bears and other imperiled Rocky Mountain wildlife.

Sincerely,
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council