Dear Signers,

Legislation to permanently protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas development is stalled because of the coal industry’s lock on Congress. Nonetheless, as we continue this fight, there is a powerful personal opportunity to permanently protect the fragile arctic ecosystem.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge suffers from a lack of support. YOU can help change this by advocating for and donating to an Arctic Wildlife Refuge Conservation and Visitor Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska’s second largest city, is trying to diversify its economy from being entirely oil and gas-based to a more sustainable, amenities-oriented economy in which Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be valued as an adventure destination and asset to the Fairbanks community.

To this end, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff who manage Arctic National Wildlife are working to build a new visitor center in Fairbanks along the Steese/Dalton Highway that will increase visibility of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, positioning it as more valuable in its pristine state than as a political football for oil and gas.

TAKE ACTION and WRITE Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Chief of Real Estate Eric Alvarez to support the acquisition of these 45 acres that will house the new Conservation and Visitor Center, be an important trail hub for Fairbanks, and provide a key platform for repositioning Fairbanks as the gateway to America’s most vast wilderness.

EVERY dollar we can raise privately by October 2022 will entice Congress and the administration to fund the $5 million needed to acquire the property for this important project that will forever change Alaska’s position on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.