From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Imagine a place about the size of Maine, with a breathtaking expanse of open tundra, countless lakes and sparkling ponds, meandering rivers and coastal lagoons, and the majestic Brooks Range rising in the distance. … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Right now, we have the chance to stop ConocoPhillips from drilling in 7 million acres of the pristine Western Arctic in Alaska.1 Every creek and cranny in this untouched region of the Arctic hosts natural magic: Porcupine … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Disappearing sea ice has forced thousands of skittish walrus onto Alaska’s Arctic shores in recent years. Packed in unusually large numbers, the slightest disturbance can then cause these animals to stampede and trample one another to death, particularly … Continued
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