PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
September 18, 2006
Contact: Ed Yoon (925) 249-1615; (213) 503-5455 (cell)

More Than 150 Volunteers Canvass for Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund's "Defeat Pombo Day of Action" on Saturday, September 16

Pleasanton, CA -- More than 150 volunteers canvassed nearly 10,000 households in Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, and Stockton for Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund's "Defeat Pombo Day of Action" on Saturday, September 16.

Defenders provided bus transportation to and fro Oakland, Berkeley, San Francisco, San Jose, Morgan Hill, Santa Cruz, and Palo Alto for volunteers willing to go door to door in targeted precincts to talk with voters about Congressman Richard Pombo, who is known as "One of the 13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress," and his Democrat challenger, Jerry
McNerney.

"Pombo's extreme anti-conservation record, including recently siding with oil companies to try to open California coasts to irresponsible offshore drilling, his consistent rubber-stamping of Bush's failed Iraq War policies, and his earned reputation as 'One of the 13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress' has galvanized unprecedented volunteer political activism to retire him in November among many who live in and around his district," said Ed Yoon, the Campaign Manager for Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.

There will be two other major Defeat Pombo Day of Action: Saturdays, October 7 and October 28. Areas being targeted for those subsequent Days of Action are to be determined.

These Defeat Pombo Days of Action are organized and funded by Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund to essentially capture Presidential campaign level of volunteer organizing for this congressional race, with the goal of unseating Pombo in 2006 towards resulting in a more conservation-friendly Congress. The high level of volunteer participation highlights the importance and competitiveness of the 11th Congressional District race between Pombo
and McNerney.

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The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund www.defendersactionfund.org provides a powerful voice in Washington to Americans who value our conservation heritage. Through grassroots lobbying, issue advocacy and political campaigns, the Action Fund champions those laws and lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against those that do them harm.