A clear morning on sagebrush plains, the iconic Greater Sage-grouse birds clucking about. SUDDENLY – the ground SHAKES! The STENCH of sulfur invades the air. The threatened sage-grouse SCURRY away in TERROR! Wastewater seeps into the groundwater below and CONTAMINATES DRINKING WATER! The Department of Interior is poised to lease 5,574 acres of public lands to greedy corporations so they can drill and frack away on Montana and North Dakota public lands – including critical Greater Sage-grouse habitat! Giving away our public lands to fossil fuel companies will allow them to line their own pockets as our public lands are DESTROYED, communities are POLLUTED, and threatened wildlife is pushed to the brink! I am asking for your IMMEDIATE help to protect public lands from greedy companies before the March 27th deadline! Tell the Department of Interior: STOP leasing public lands to be destroyed by fossil fuel! Greater Sage-grouse depend on a very specific set of habitat conditions to perform their unique courtship displays and find mates. But this limited habitat is rapidly shrinking – largely due to fossil fuel extraction. Nearby communities suffer when public lands are handed over to fossil fuel corporations. Fracking can contaminate drinking water and sometimes even trigger earthquakes! The DOI shouldn’t let the grubby hands of greedy corporate frackers anywhere near our public lands – but it might without your help! Please, tell the Department of Interior to conserve public lands, not auction them to the highest fossil fuel bidder! Sign by 11:59pm TONIGHT! Standing with you,
Nicole Ghio
Fossil Fuels Program Manager,
Friends of the Earth | 
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