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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) - Review, Controversies & Legislation (Paperback)
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) - Review, Controversies & Legislation (Paperback)
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) consists of 19 million
acres in north-east Alaska. It is administered by the Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS) in the Department of the Interior (DOI). It
is a 1.5 million acre coastal plain on the North Slope of the
Brooks Range that is currently viewed as one of the most likely
undeveloped US onshore oil and gas prospects. According to the US
Geological Survey, there is even a small chance that taken
together, the fields on this federal land could hold as much
economically recoverable oil as the giant field at Prudhoe Bay,
found in 1967 on the coastal plain west of ANWR. That state-owned
portion of the coastal plain is now estimated to have held 11-13
billion barrels of oil. The Refuge, and especially the coastal
plain, is home to a wide variety of plants and animals. The
presence of caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, wolves, migratory
birds, and many other species in a nearly undisturbed state has led
some to call the area America's 'Serengeti'. The Refuge and two
neighbouring parks in Canada have been proposed for an
international park, and several species found in the area
(including polar bears, caribou, migratory birds, and whales) are
protected by international treaties or agreements. The analysis in
this book covers, first, the economic and geological factors that
have triggered new interest in development, followed by the
philosophical, biological, and environmental quality factors that
have triggered opposition to it. The book begins with a review of
the nature and issues of the ANWR.
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