TITLE

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Too Wild To Waste

PUB. DATE
June 2001
SOURCE
National Wildlife;Jun/Jul2001, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p64
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the plan to launch an oil exploration project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Plans of the National Wildlife Federation to develop petition drives and letter-writing campaigns to urge the United States Congress to keep the Arctic refuge off-limits to drilling; Range of wildlife that make the Arctic their home.
ACCESSION #
4723711

Tags: ENVIRONMENTAL protection;  NATIONAL Wildlife Federation;  WILDLIFE refuges -- Alaska;  ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)

 

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