This year, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which has protected millions of acres of our most cherished landscapes. Yet one of the most wild and astonishing places in America is still in desperate need of the Act’s protection – the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The Arctic Refuge is a haven for birds. More than 150 species, including the American Golden-Plover, from six continents and all fifty states travel thousands of miles to nest on the Arctic Refuge coastal plain to take advantage of the pristine habitat and bountiful foraging. But oil and gas interests continue to push to drill in the heart of the Refuge. Drilling would eliminate and damage nesting habitat while worsening climate change, which threatens to upend the fragile Arctic ecosystem.

Send a letter to President Obama and ask him to help permanently protect the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.