Four existing areas of western Arctic Alaska within the National Petroluem Reserve lack permanent protection as the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management is deciding what to do with 23 million acres of public land where caribou and other wildlife live.
These four regions need protection because of the exceptional biodiversity among marine mammals including polar bears, walruses, beluga whales, and seals. The area is also important for two large caribou herds and vital for community subsistence among northern and western Alaskan communities, as well as grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, and arctic foxes. The wetlands provide vital nesting, feeding, and staging habitats for migratory bird populations, including many that disperse to all lower 48 states.
The BLM could choose to preserve the caribou's habitat. Don't let oil and gas development destroy it.
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BLM Director: Bob Abbey
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Acting Deputy Director (Programs and Policy): Neil Kornze
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Chief of Staff: Janet Lin
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U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
Alaska Region
Geoffrey Haskett
1011 East Tudor Road
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: 907†786â€3309
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Four existing areas of western Arctic Alaska within the National Petroluem Reserve lack permanent protection as the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management is deciding what to do with 23 million acres of public land where caribou and other wildlife live.
These four regions need protection because of the exceptional biodiversity among marine mammals including polar bears, walruses, beluga whales, and seals. The area is also important for two large caribou herds and vital for community subsistence among northern and western Alaskan communities, as well as grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, and arctic foxes. The wetlands provide vital nesting, feeding, and staging habitats for migratory bird populations, including many that disperse to all lower 48 states.
The BLM could choose to preserve the caribou's habitat. Don't let oil and gas development destroy it.
