Help protect the Polar Bear and other threatened species.

Hi,

I just took action to help protect polar bears and other threatened and endangered species and I hope you will too.

It's easy to help. Just take action online at http://action.defenders.org/esafix 

Before leaving office, the Bush/Cheney Administration rammed through a regulatory change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that would threaten efforts to save polar bears, wolves, manatees and nearly 1,400 other species from extinction.

The Bush/Cheney regulatory changes eliminated scientific review by the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service of projects that could harm imperiled wildlife. These changes also block important conservation measures under the Endangered Species Act to help the polar bear.

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed its omnibus spending bill, including provisions that would enable Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to reverse the Bush Administration's awful endangered species proposals. Unfortunately, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski -- backed by her Governor, Sarah Palin -- and others in the Senate are now working furiously to strip these provisions from the Senate's version of the omnibus bill.

Please take action now. Urge your Senators to stand up to Senator Murkowski and help reverse the Bush/Cheney assault on protections for polar bears and other imperiled animals. You can take action online at http://action.defenders.org/esafix.

Thanks for helping...