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Each BioGem supports rare and threatened wildlife, such as polar bears, grizzlies, whales and gray wolves. The new website devotes a special section to wildlife at risk. Through text, interactive slideshows and video, visitors can explore the threats to some of nature's most magnificent creatures and take action directly on their behalf. Other new features on the site include regular blog posts from NRDC's wildlife experts, who keep activists informed of the latest developments in BioGems campaigns, giving them a chance to get to know NRDC's passionate and dedicated staff. Wildlife advocate Louisa Willcox, for example, writes about hearing endangered wolves howling outside her home in Montana. And NRDC President Frances Beinecke conveys the thrill of seeing wild baby whales in Laguna San Ignacio -- living proof of how effective BioGems campaigns can be. BioGems Defenders can download an action alert "widget" for their Facebook or MySpace pages, to ensure that a critical opportunity to take action is never lost. Defenders can also track their actions and achievements via the online Action Log.
Three new BioGems debut this year: Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, the Peace-Athabasca Delta in Alberta, Canada, and the nation of Costa Rica. California's Carrizo Plain is the home of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox. Despite its designation as a national monument, this shimmering stretch of grass-lands is still not safe from the ravages of oil and gas drilling. A company called Vintage Production plans to explore for oil reserves in the plain, using giant thumper trucks to send shock waves deep into the Earth. These trucks and their waves could run right through habitat for the endangered kit fox and other key species. We are fighting to keep the Carrizo Plain off-limits to
oil companies.
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