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Endres/AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-5d26219b305a0 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="5d26219b305a0"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5d26219b46dd3" data-node="5d26219b46dd3"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d26219b46e87 fl-col-bg-color" data-node="5d26219b46e87"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-5d26219b2f7cc" data-node="5d26219b2f7cc"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h1 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">WHY TO LOVE THIS PLACE</span> </h1> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5d26238d0ba87" data-node="5d26238d0ba87"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, located in the northeast corner of Alaska, is one of the finest examples of wilderness remaining anywhere in the world. It is a perfect example of intact, naturally functioning Arctic and subarctic ecosystems. In fact, such a broad spectrum of diverse habitats occurring within a single protected unit is unparalleled in North America.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-5d25f13d3dcd8 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="5d25f13d3dcd8"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-full-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5d25f13d3dcdb fl-col-group-equal-height fl-col-group-align-top" data-node="5d25f13d3dcdb"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcdc fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dcdc"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-5d25f13d3dce6" data-node="5d25f13d3dce6"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-below-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">LOCATION</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-photo"><div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-png"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-8261 size-thumbnail" src="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/refugelocationwhite-150x150.png" alt="refugelocationwhite" itemprop="image" height="150" width="150" title="refugelocationwhite" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5d25f13d3dce1" data-node="5d25f13d3dce1"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcff fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dcff"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-5d25f13d3dd00" data-node="5d25f13d3dd00"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">WILDLIFE REFUGE</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p style="text-align: left;">Species including caribou, polar bears, waterbirds, arctic foxes, black and brown bears, Dall sheep, moose and muskoxen all rely on this diverse habitat.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcdd fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dcdd"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-5d25f13d3dce2" data-node="5d25f13d3dce2"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">WILDLIFE NURSERY</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p style="text-align: left;">The coastal plain serves as birthing grounds for the Porcupine caribou in summer and the most important land denning area for America's threatened polar bears in winter.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcde fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dcde"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-5d25f13d3dce3" data-node="5d25f13d3dce3"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">MIGRATION DESTINATION</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Approximately 200 species of birds call the Arctic Refuge home at least part of the year, including snowy owls, Arctic terns and golden eagles.</span></p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcdf fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dcdf"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-5d25f13d3dce4" data-node="5d25f13d3dce4"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">PUBLIC LAND</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p style="text-align: left;">The Arctic Refuge covers 19.6 million acres in northeast Alaska, and includes the Mollie Beattie Wilderness, the second largest wilderness area in the U.S. at 8 million acres.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dce0 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dce0"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-5d25f13d3dce5" data-node="5d25f13d3dce5"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">PEOPLE OF THE REFUGE</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p style="text-align: left;">The Inupiaq village Kaktovik is located on the Arctic Ocean coast while the Gwich’in people live in several villages to the south along the border of the Arctic Refuge.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-5d25f13d3dcf6 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="5d25f13d3dcf6"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5d25f13d3dcf7" data-node="5d25f13d3dcf7"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcf8 fl-col-bg-color" data-node="5d25f13d3dcf8"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5d25f13d3dcf9" data-node="5d25f13d3dcf9"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Arctic-Refuge-50th-History3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fact Sheet</a> | <a href="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/AWL_ArcticBrochure_Jun09.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-63e117843d24b" data-node="63e117843d24b"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h2 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">WATCH: 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class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #2893ac;">LISTEN: 'THE REFUGE' PODCAST</span></strong></h2> <p>In 2019, Alaska Wilderness League was approached by the folks at <a href="https://www.thresholdpodcast.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Threshold</a>, a podcast focused on providing context and perspective on our planet, our environment and our climate. In the works was a series on the Arctic Refuge, and we were happy to assist in any way possible. Fast forward, and Threshold’s third season, focused on the Arctic Refuge, was the winner of a Peabody Award and filed an additional pod once the Trump administration released its final leasing decision. We highly recommend checking it out — <a href="https://www.thresholdpodcast.org/the-refuge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">you can listen to the full season here</a>.</p> <h3><span style="color: #2893ac;">ENJOY THE PREVIEW:</span></h3> <p><center><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cy1Q0Qzk5J4" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center></p> <h3><span style="color: #2893ac;">FURTHER LISTENING:</span></h3> <p>Adam Kolton, former executive director of Alaska Wilderness League who sadly passed away in 2021, joined Hannah Blake and others at the conclusion of the Trump presidency to discuss the bounty of beauty and life that is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He explained why this land is so vital for the culture and wellbeing of the Gwich'in people, whose villages reside along the migratory route of the Porcupine caribou herd — a herd that returns each year to the Arctic Refuge coastal plain to birth new calves.<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://player.simplecast.com/663eb690-7bd0-4057-8896-085c49d84fbc?dark=false" width="100%" height="200px" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" seamless=""></iframe><br />  <br /> <iframe loading="lazy" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16855382/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" height="90" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe><br />  <br /> <iframe loading="lazy" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17279420/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/040404/" height="90" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-5d25f13d3dce7 fl-row-full-height fl-row-align-center fl-row-bg-overlay" data-node="5d25f13d3dce7"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5d25f13d3dce8" data-node="5d25f13d3dce8"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dce9 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dce9"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-5d25f13d3dceb" data-node="5d25f13d3dceb"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">PEOPLE AND THE REFUGE: THE GWICH'IN</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p>The Gwich’in people have lived in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge region spanning from Alaska to Canada for hundreds of generations. The word “Gwich’in” means “people of the land,” and their lives and culture have become inseparable from the fate of the Porcupine caribou herd. The Gwich’in people rely on caribou as a chief food source as well as for clothing, tools and ornaments, and as a central fixture of their culture.</p> <p>In Alaska, the Gwich’in reside in nine communities: Arctic Village, Beaver, Birch Creek, Canyon Village, Chalkyitsik, Circle, Eagle Village, Fort Yukon and Venetie. For thousands of years, the Gwich’in people have regarded the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge as “iizhik gwats’an gwandaii goodlit” or “the sacred place where life begins,” because it has been the most frequently used birthing and nursery grounds for the Porcupine caribou.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12px;">Photo credit: Evon Peter</span></p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcea fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dcea"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-5d25f13d3dcec" data-node="5d25f13d3dcec"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-png"> <img decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img" src="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/img/pixel.png" alt="" itemprop="image" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-5fc7af35e8a9a fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="5fc7af35e8a9a"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5fc7af3689f7d" data-node="5fc7af3689f7d"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5fc7af368a0be fl-col-bg-color" data-node="5fc7af368a0be"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5d25f13d3dcf5" data-node="5d25f13d3dcf5"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <h3></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><strong><span style="color: #2893ac;">THE FIGHT TO PROTECT THE ARCTIC REFUGE FROM DRILLING</span></strong></span></h3> <p>The Alaska congressional delegation remains determined to see oil and gas development move forward in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including destructive seismic exploration on the Arctic Refuge's coastal plain. This push is the result of Congress passing a controversial tax bill in 2017 that mandated an oil and gas program for the Arctic Refuge, to include two lease sales to be held by 2024 for the coastal plain, sacred lands of the Gwich’in people and vital habitat for caribou, polar bears and migratory birds.</p> <p>For more on the fight to protect the Arctic Refuge, visit the <a href="https://www.arcticrefugedefense.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arctic Refuge Defense Campaign</a>.</p> <p><strong>Reasons not to drill in the Arctic Refuge:</strong></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone" src="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bear.png" alt="Bear" width="37" height="22" /> <strong>Polar Bears</strong></p> <p>Female polar bears are increasingly building dens on the Arctic Refuge coastal plain to give birth to their young, primarily due to disappearing sea ice. Though polar bears prefer to spend the majority of their time on the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean, that ice is receding due to warming temperatures, making land denning sites in the Arctic Refuge more and more important.<strong><br /> </strong></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone" src="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/caribou1.gif" alt="Caribou" width="30" height="35" /> <strong>Caribou</strong></p> <p>The coastal plain serves as calving grounds for the Porcupine caribou herd, a key subsistence resource critical to the lives and culture of the Gwich'in people.</p> <p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone" src="https://alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bird.png" alt="Migratory Birds" width="21" height="19" /> Migratory Birds</strong></p> <p>Approximately 200 species of birds rely on the Arctic Refuge at least part of the year, including snowy owls, Arctic terns and golden eagles.</p> <p>In addition to threatening wildlife, the Center For American Progress (CAP) has prepared a rundown on the waste of taxpayer money that drilling the Arctic Refuge would be. <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2017/10/10/440559/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-101/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You can read more here</a>. CAP also found that burning the extracted oil and gas from the Arctic Refuge would mean another <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2019/11/20/477495/trumps-energy-policies-put-alaska-climate-crosshairs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4.3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent</a> released into the atmosphere, roughly equivalent to two-thirds of U.S. annual emissions in 2017.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-5d25f13d3dced fl-row-full-height fl-row-align-center fl-row-bg-overlay" data-node="5d25f13d3dced"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5d25f13d3dcee" data-node="5d25f13d3dcee"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcef fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dcef"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"></div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5d25f13d3dcf0 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5d25f13d3dcf0"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-callout fl-node-5d25f13d3dcf1" data-node="5d25f13d3dcf1"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-callout fl-callout-has-photo fl-callout-photo-above-title"> <div class="fl-callout-content"> <h3 class="fl-callout-title"><span class="fl-callout-title-text">FEATURED WILDLIFE: PORCUPINE CARIBOU</span></h3><div class="fl-callout-text-wrap"><div class="fl-callout-text"><p><strong>Average life span: </strong>15 years in the wild</p> <p><strong>Length:</strong> 64-84 inches</p> <p><strong>Height:</strong> 33-59 inches at the shoulder</p> <p><strong>Weight:</strong> 180-400 lbs., up to 700 lbs.</p> <p><strong>Well adapted:</strong> Relatives of reindeer, moose and deer, caribou are well adapted to their northern habitat and cooler climates, with hollow-hair fur that covers almost all of its body providing insulation in winter and flotation for swimming.</p> <p><strong>Porcupine Caribou Herd:</strong> The coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge is the central calving ground for the internationally-recognized Porcupine caribou herd, relied upon by the Gwich’in people in the U.S. and Canada as a dietary necessity as well as for their cultural traditions. Each year the Porcupine caribou migrate between winter habitat in Canada and Alaska south of the Brooks Range, and summer habitat (calving and post-calving) on the Arctic Refuge coastal plain, the longest land migration route of any land mammal on earth.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12px;">Photo Credit: Florian Schulz/FlorianSchulz.org</span></p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="fl-page-footer-wrap" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/WPFooter" role="contentinfo"> <div class="fl-page-footer-widgets"> <div class="fl-page-footer-widgets-container container"> <div class="fl-page-footer-widgets-row row"> <div class="col-md-12 col-lg-12 fl-page-footer-widget-col fl-page-footer-widget-col-1"><aside id="block-7" class="fl-widget widget_block widget_search"><form role="search" method="get" action="https://alaskawild.org/" class="wp-block-search__button-outside wp-block-search__text-button wp-block-search" ><label class="wp-block-search__label" for="wp-block-search__input-1" >Search</label><div class="wp-block-search__inside-wrapper " ><input class="wp-block-search__input" id="wp-block-search__input-1" placeholder="Looking for something?" value="" type="search" name="s" required /><button aria-label="Search" class="wp-block-search__button wp-element-button" type="submit" >Search</button></div></form></aside></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-page-footer"> <div class="fl-page-footer-container container"> <div class="fl-page-footer-row row"> <div class="col-lg-12 text-center clearfix"><div class="fl-page-footer-text fl-page-footer-text-1">© 2022 Alaska Wilderness League <br> 122 C St NW, Ste 650, Washington, DC 20001 | Tel: 202-544-5205 <br> Fax: 202-544-5197 | <a href="mailto:info@alaskawild.org" title="Information Email Address">info@alaskawild.org</a> | <a href="/privacy-policy" title="Privacy Policy">Privacy Policy</a></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function genesisBlocksShare( url, title, w, h ){ var left = ( window.innerWidth / 2 )-( w / 2 ); 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