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 Stories About: Alaska AND Arctic AND mining and drilling AND wetlands AND wilderness
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No Refuge Is an Island
Arctic Refuge drilling debate misses the big picture |
Robert L. Fischman |
12 Apr 2005 |
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| 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 ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic, mining and drilling, wetlands, wilderness (all these topics) |
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