Urge all DU'ers to "click on".. "The Bear Get's Drilled" on DU Ads...NWF

[KoKo]

needs all out help. (National Wildlife Federation=NWF(acronym).. For those here who care about our "environment" and that the "defenseless inhabitants" get their fair shake...please hit this ad and DO SOMETHING. I know the ad is kind of like something that one would think a "T-Shirt Advertiser" would put on DU...but it's VERY SERIOUS.. Click on it and follow their action advice...if you care about our fellow "critters.

PLEASE!!!!!

HOMEPAGE...when you click on to DU..it's the Ad with the Polar Bear right on the Front Page of DU..under "Advertisers."


DO IT! Even a click on the ad shows you CARE...

Some "snippits" from the site:

Camping with Congressmen

I’ve been fortunate enough to visit the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on several occasions, the first of which was a trip with several members of Congress in 1998. To their credit, these Representatives opted for a tour of the refuge that involved three nights of pitching tents, braving mosquitoes, pumping water, taking long hikes and foregoing conveniences as simple as, well, bathrooms. Among those on the trip were Rep. Gregory Meeks from Queens, NY, who had never been camping, let alone camping in the most remote and wildest place in America and Representative Jim Greenwood (R-PA), an avid bird watcher and conservationist who has since retired from Congress.

Posted By: Adam Kolton Read More...
10:50 AM August 23, 2005
Guest Writer: "Visit to the Coastal Plain"

A guest post by Linda Hecker of Landmark College Putney, VT.

I'm sitting in camp "alone" by the fire, the sun low over the Arctic Ocean, as if headed towards sunset or sunrise. It is near midnight under a purplish-blue sky, and I'm not really alone. Ahead of me are about 10,000 caribou, grunting and snorting like pigs, and they keep pouring over the ridge at Marsh Creek, aggregating in the tundra coastal marsh in numbers that stagger the imagination. A few are even crossing directly behind me on the beach. Down the beach, the loons are screaming like a loud, panicked chorus of peepers; old squaw ducks are joining the cacophony. In the slanting, intensely gold-red light, the tundra and the jagged mountains beyond form an almost surreal backdrop for this astonishing gathering of large mammals.

Posted By: Linda Hecker Read More...
10:39 AM August 22, 2005
Guest Writer: "Most Treasured Place"

My wife, Gail and I rafted and hiked through the Arctic Refuge on the Kongakut River for 10 days in late June, 1992. We were surrounded by millions of acres of beautiful wilderness in the 24-hour light. Along with our guide and one other adventurer, we witnessed the Porcupine Caribou Herd on its grueling calving migration from the Yukon Territory to the Arctic Refuge coastal plain. The experience was magnificent, and though we have traveled extensively and visited every continent, the Arctic Refuge ranks among our most treasured places. It is both awesome and humbling.

[Greeby]

1. Nice slogan btw

;)

[Extend a Hand]

2. done n/t

[Imalittleteapot]

3. did it

[KoKo]

4. And...a couple more "E-Mails" from the "Home Front" about Wild Life from

their website:

Spotlight on Congress: It's Your List

In the last few days, thousands of you called your leaders in Congress and asked a simple question: 'How will you vote on the federal budget with the Arctic Refuge oil drilling scheme buried in it?'

Here at NWF headquarters, we've pored over the overwhelming responses streaming in -- and you won't believe what we've discovered...
Posted By: Arctic Promise Team Read More...
7:37 PM August 24, 2005
Guest Writer: "What is your vision of wilderness?"

A guest post by Jeff Jones, landscape photographer

I spent part of July 2005 photographing the oil fields in and around Prudhoe Bay as well as the beautiful coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. I photographed from the air and from the ground, although I was unable to gain access on the ground to the Prudhoe Bay fields due to very high security restrictions established after 9/11.

[KoKo]

5. Need lot's of DU HITS on this or "National Wildlife Federation" won't

advertise anymore here on DU. It's important to support them...and have GOOD ADS on DU as opposed to "sleazy T-Shirt RW stuff" that's promoting itself all over the web to sites like ours.

We need to encourage our "Dem Blogs" to have Ads that support OUR VIEWS and not have to resort to SLEAZE firms to get the $$$$$$'s they need to keep us posting. :shrug:

Please keep hitting and viewing the "Drill the Bear" Ad...

[KoKo]

6. Kick....just in case some folks thing "Bear Get's Drilled" is a Video Game

Ad...like I did at first. It's about Arctic Wildlife and Bush's efforts to invade Anwar/Alaska...only to benefit his buddies in the "Oil Drilling Business." Not enough up there to make a dent in our problems.

But please go to site and take action on this.. Thanks..

[livinginphotographs]

7. Done and kick.

[KoKo]

8. Kick...it's a really important Ad for DU to get...supporting Environmental

causes. Please just hit the sit to give them a view. Thanks!