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