by Robert Fischman
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No Refuge Is an Island
Arctic Refuge drilling debate misses the big picture 7
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago Sun-drenched Pelican Island in Florida is about as far from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as you can get in the United States. At first blush, the 5,000-acre warm marsh would seem to have little connection to the 19 million-acre stretch of mountains and tundra. But they are inextricably linked.
A buff-breasted sandpiper.
© Subhankar Banerjee, from his book Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land.
As part of the National Wildlife Refuge System, both places provide migratory birds with habitat and sustain valuable wetlands. Both play… Read More
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