Update On the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): As we all wait out the political dynamics playing out in Washington, DC around budget reconciliation and an Arctic Refuge leasing repeal, we wanted to let everyone know about some good news this week … Continued

Tell the Interior Secretary: Oppose More Drilling in the Western Arctic

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From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): The administration has just released a new draft management plan that proposes to open huge swaths of protected lands in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to ConocoPhillips for oil drilling. Please oppose this plan for … Continued

Send Public Comment to Protect Special Areas in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

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From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Caribou in Alaska’s Western Arctic need your public comment by September 6. Located within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area provides calving grounds for the 40,000-head Teshekpuk Lake Caribou Herd, and … Continued

Tell Secretary Zinke: Continue to Protect Special Areas in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

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From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): We’ve all seen the pictures: oil and birds do not mix. Yet, Interior Secretary Zinke could expose Teshekpuk Lake – a protected Special Area with the highest density of shorebirds in the Arctic – … Continued