TITLE

NewsUpdate

PUB. DATE
July 1991
SOURCE
National Parks;Jul/Aug91, Vol. 66 Issue 7/8, p9
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Presents news briefs on National Parks for July 1991. The U.S. Senate Energy Committee has approved a national energy strategic bill that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling; Protection of the Five Forks battlefield in Virginia.
ACCESSION #
10880182

Tags: NATIONAL parks & reserves;  ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska);  OIL well drilling

 

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