For more than 15 years, IFAW's Animal Action Week has been giving young people around the world the knowledge and tools they need to take positive action on behalf ofanimals and our shared environment.
The Week, which takes place annually during the first week of October, marks the launch of an international educational program with a different animal welfare and conservation theme each year. This year’s theme: Beneath the Waves, Protecting Marine Wildlife.
Whaling ships armed with harpoons hunt whales in defiance of international treaties. Plastic pollution chokes sea turtles and other marine animals and sea birds. And as the icecaps continue to melt, polar bear habitats shrink and they are left to starve or drown
To help protect the ocean, you can start by taking three easy actions:
Visit www.AnimalActionWeek.org to learn more about Animal Action Week, the largest animal-focused educational event in the world;
Take the Plastic Bag Pledge to help combat one of the main threats to marine wildlife;
And spread the word by telling your family and friends about IFAW Animal Action Week 2008.
During the week of IFAW Animal Action week (October 4th-10th), you can adopt a whale: here. Please wait until that week, because the program won't be launched until then.
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This is a call for all Americans, especially the citizens of Wyoming to protect the Red Desert.
Adobe Town and what the Bureau of Land Management has called the “Jack Morrow Hills Area” are of particular importance to Wyoming’s Red Desert. The Bureau of Land Management has identified seven Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) within the 620,000-acre Jack Morrow Hills Area of the Red Desert. Wyoming conservation groups and the Wilderness Society have recommended that these areas, as well as several other areas within the Red Desert, be designated as wilderness. Jack Morrow Hills/Northern Red Desert (Ferruginous Hawks) (Wild Horses)
Concerning the Jack Morrow Hills Area, the "Record of Decision" called for an initial development of 255 natural gas and coalbed methane wells. This number is not a cap, but merely an estimate. The public asked for no new oil and gas development in the Jack Morrow Hills. More than 80,000 people who commented to protect this area were ignored by the Bureau of Land Management. These lands are public and the BLM did not respond to the public’s desires. Mountain lions, coyotes, golden eagles, ferruginous hawks, and wild horses inhabit this area.
Friends of the Red Desert is a coalition of citizens, businesses and conservation organizations united to protect Wyoming's magnificent Red Desert. Please help them protect the Jack Morrow Hill area by writing to the following and let them know you want the Jack Morrow Hills protected as a NCA: U.S. Senator Mike Enzi Gillette Office, 400 S. Kendrick Avenue, Suite 303, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or email at his website.
U.S. House Representative Barbara Cubin Casper Office, 100 East B Street, Suite 4003, Federal Building, Casper, Wyoming 82601 or email her website.
Fremont County Commissioners Office 307.332.1130; address 450 N. 2nd Street, Lander, 82520; email commission@wyoming.com
Another way the Friends of the Red Desert suggest to help is to write to their local newspapers. A listing:
(Cheyenne) Wyoming Tribune-Eagle LTE Contact: Letters to the Editor, Scott Smith e-mail: reede@wyomingnews.com address: 702 W. Lincoln Way, Cheyenne, WY 82001
(Gillette) The News-Record LTE Contact: Ann Franscell, publisher, editor email: news@gillettenewsrecord.com address: P.O. Box 3006, Gillette, WY 82717 Note: under 300 word limit, no personal attacks; signature, and phone number required
The Green River STAR LTE Contact: Kathy Gilbert email: grstar@sweetwaterhsa.com address: P.O. Box 580, Green River, WY 82935 Note: signature and phone number required.
The (Riverton) Ranger LTE Contact: Letters to the Editor e-mail: ranger@wyoming.com address: P.O. Box 993, Riverton, WY 82501
Rawlins Daily Times LTE Contact: Dave Perry email: dtimes@trib.com address: P.O. Box 370, Rawlins, WY 82301
We need to protect this beautiful land and its wildlife:
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