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

Comment to Protect Teshepuk Lake Bird Sanctuary (Alaska) from Oil/Gas Leasing

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From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): In yet another attack on the Arctic, before the government shutdown, the Interior Department began an environmental review process to write a new management plan for Alaska’s Western Arctic, a home to the highest … 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