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Political history of the Arctic Refuge

Political history of the Arctic Refuge (great time line)

Timeline (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

"Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 108th Congress" (Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress)

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Natural history of the Arctic Refuge (geography, vegetation, and wildlife)

Geography (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Permafrost (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Wildlife (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain Terrestrial Wildlife Research Summaries (USGS report)

Porcupine Caribou Herd Satellite Collar Program

Caribou Commons Project

Being Caribou

Debbie S. Miller (author)

Amy Gulick (writer and photographer)

Biology and Wildlife Dept UAF

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People who live in or near the Arctic Refuge (Gwich'in, Inupiats, etc.)

Official Website of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN)

The North Slope Borough

The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation

Gwitch’in Steering Committee

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Oil and energy development on the North Slope

Analysis of Oil and Gas Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (US Energy Information Agency, March 2004)

Potential Impacts of Proposed Oil and Gas Development on the Arctic Refuge's Coastal Plain: Historical Overview and Issues of Concern (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2001)

Winning the Oil Endgame (Rocky Mountain Institute, 2005)

Arctic Power (a State and industry-funded lobby group based in Anchorage)
http://www.anwr.org/  (Who they are:  a description by Annenberg Policy
Center, follow the “environment and energy” link:
http://www.appcpenn.org/issueads/AP.html) 

Oil companies who do business on the North Slope.
Those would be  British Petroleum (BP):  Darren J. Beaudo, Director, Public
Affairs, phone 907-564-5404, and
Conoco-Phillips, (interesting new twist at:
http://www.energybulletin.net/3896.html)
Exxon-Mobil, (article on continued support for drilling at:
http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0318-11.htm) or any member of the
Alaska Oil and Gas Association at http://www.aoga.org/    All have
Anchorage offices and none have been widely  interviewed on this subject,
though most or all of them generally support Arctic Power’s lobbying
efforts.
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Threats to Arctic Systems (global warming, air and water pollution, development, etc.)

Impacts of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Overview Report)

1,000 Scientists From the U.S. and Canada Write Letter to President Bush About Not Driling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Conservation viewpoints:
A coalition of groups supporting conservation:
http://www.arcticwildlife.org/home.htm
Defenders of Wildlife:
http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/arctic/overview.html
Wilderness Society April 2003 report:
http://www.tws.org/NewsRoom/Release/20030408.cfm
National Wildlife Federation Arctic Refuge: link

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Equinox Wilderness Expeditions (our outfitter for the field trip)

http://www.equinoxexpeditions.com/

Alaska's Bears

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Other misc. articles
http://www.thenativepress.com/caribou.html 
http://www.terrainmagazine.org/article.php?id=13000 ) 

"Looking out for their lifeblood" (Juneau Empire)

"Alaska Town Split Over Drilling in Wildlife Refuge" (Washington Post, April 23, 2005)

Miscellaneous discussions and media commentary:
Canadian Broadcasting Service story at:
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/oil/wilderness_printer.html
University of Connecticut "Arctic Circle" program:
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/
Alaska Journal of Commerce:   http://www.alaskajournal.com/oil_gas/
Petroleum News:  http://www.petroleumnews.com/

The Rocky Mountain Institute home page is the gateway to a wealth of energy
policy information.  Their approach is entrepreneurial, but with a focus on
conservation and renewables, always with an economic hook.:
http://www.rmi.org/
RMI article by energy consultants on Arctic Refuge and the economics of the
energy debate:
http://www.rmi.org/images/other/Energy/E01-03_FoolsGoldOrig.pdf

Old but relevant article on Interior Secretary Norton's selection of
Director of Arctic Power as Special Assistant for Alaska:
http://www.unblinking.com/arc/2001-07a.htm

A National Public Radio article on the controversy over Subhankar
Banerjee's exhibit of photos at the Smithsonian Museum at:
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1269389.html

A National Geographic Society article at:
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/08/01/html/ft_20010801.3.html

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Maps

http://arctic.fws.gov/maps.htm]

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