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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/179514056?z00m=19779947"><H1 class="titleText">Mining Plan Threatens Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/179514056?z00m=19779947"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thepetitionsite.com/img/30EEF745-285B-4C87-B384-1423FC31D222" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/179514056?z00m=19779947"><DIV class="textColor"> <STRONG>Target:</STRONG> <SPAN class="smallerFont">Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior</SPAN> <STRONG>Sponsored by:</STRONG> <SPAN class="smallerFont"><A class="textColor" href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/feedback/179514056">National Parks Conservation Association</A></SPAN> <DIV class="petition_holder"><DIV>New federal mining claims threaten 1 million acres of prime wolf, bear and salmon habitat adjacent to Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks. </DIV><BR /><DIV> Closed to mining since 1971, these wild Alaska lands are integral to Bristol Bay's salmon-rich ecosystem. <B>A recommendation from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to lift this mineral closure and expand a modern day gold rush was issued in the last days of the Bush Administration</B>, and we need your help today to send this bad idea back to the drawing board. </DIV><BR /><B>Tell Secretary Ken Salazar that you do not want to see these lands opened to mining!</B> Instead, the BLM should evaluate permanent protections for these lands for the sake of Bristol Bay's clean waters and cultural traditions.</DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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