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| Feature Story | Watching over Wolves  This month marks Wolf Awareness Week (Oct. 15-21) with several events to educate the public and celebrate these magnificent creatures.
But this year’s celebrations come as wolves in the lower 48 face an uncertain future. | | | | Action of the Month | Oil-Slick PR Campaign  Oil drilling is a dirty business -- and so is the PR machine behind it. While polar bears starve as critical ice pack shrinks, ExxonMobil is spending millions to fund front groups that deny global warming science. These groups have stood in the way of real action on the most pressing environmental problems of our time, rejecting overwhelming evidence and scientific consensus.
Tell ExxonMobil to come clean on climate change and stop funding groups that deceive the public about this important environmental issue.
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| Feature Story | Rah, Rah, Roadless!  Soon after taking office, the Bush Administration began immediately chipping away at -- and ultimately overturning -- the newly won protections for nearly 60 million acres of remote forest areas, ignoring millions of public comments in support of the Clinton-era plan and putting forest wildlife at risk.
Tens of thousands of supporters like you wrote to the Bush Administration to speak up for wolves, lynx and other forest critters. And now, a federal court has tossed out the Administration’s harmful plan and reinstated needed protections for these special areas -- truly a major victory for our wildlife and wild places. | | | | | Taking Action for Wildlife | Giving Voice to Our Refuges  From grizzlies to gnatcatchers, red wolves to red knots, America’s wildlife depends on our National Wildlife Refuge System. For over a century, these special places have been an important haven for our most cherished wildlife, providing essential habitat for hundreds of imperiled creatures. But in recent years, these treasures have suffered from severe budget cuts. In the northeast alone, seven refuges face an uncertain future due to inadequate funding.
Now, thanks in large part to Defenders supporters like you, help could be on the way. Over 21,000 of you have written your U.S. Representatives urging them to join the Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus. The Caucus is now more than 100 strong, giving wildlife and the places they live a stronger voice in Congress. Find out if your Representative has joined the Caucus -- and if not, urge him or her to become a voice for wildlife by joining the Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus! | | | | Wildlife Hero | Predator Protector  Mike Stevens is bringing agriculture and wildlife conservation together in one of the West's most spectacular places -- raising more than 6,000 sheep on nearly 1 million acres in Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest. Mike is an active member of Defenders' Livestock Producer Advisory Council -- a group that provides essential input, perspective and recommendations to resolve conflicts with wolves and other predators.
This summer, Defenders partnered with Mike's ranch, Lava Lake Land and Livestock, on an experimental non-lethal project to protect his flock -- and the wild predators they live with.
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