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WildAlert News July 2007 (07/03/2007)
Good News from the Arctic Refuge and Tongass National Forest; Protect California's Sequoia National Forest from ORV Use; Visit the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest; Energy Appropriations Bills Advance; One Hundred Thousand People Tell BLM to Protect the Upper Green River Valley in Wyoming.
| WildAlert News June 2007 (06/05/2007)
Work Continues on Energy Legislation; ORVs in Idaho's Owyhee Mountains; Strong Support for Yellowstone Continues; Tongass Forest Gets Interim Protection; New Mexico's Congressional Delegation Comes Together Over Otero Mesa Leasing.
| WildAlert News November 2007 (11/05/2007)
Update on California Wildfires and Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake; Take a Moment to Help Montana's Bitterroot National Forest; Global Warming and Forest Fires; Accelerating Oil and Gas Development; Hearing on Proposed Road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge; New Wyoming Wilderness Bill Introduced; House Passes Virginia Ridge and Valley Act; Six Members of Congress Honored for Refuge System Efforts.
| WildAlert News September 2006 (09/06/2006)
Here they come, rarin' to drill the Arctic Refuge and Teshekpuk Lake. National Park Services releases final management policies. A look at the fate of wilderness bills late in the 109th Congress. The Interior Department's Inspector General looks into allegations that Utah BLM made closed-door commitments to industry.
| WILDALERT NEWS: April 2006 Update (04/04/2006)
Prince William Sound.
Siskiyou National Forest logging. The Wilderness Society's community wildfire work.
Arctic Refuge drilling dropped from House budget bill. Interior Secretary Norton rushes out damaging roads policy. New rules could lead to more jet skis, noise, pollution in National Parks.
| WILDALERT NEWS: December 2005 Update (12/05/2005)
Mountaintown Roadless Area, GA.
Take Action: Arctic Refuge & public lands; Roadless petition
Forest Service flooded with comments on Monongahela National Forest.
Western public lands for sale?
New Wilderness for Puerto Rico! Groups take legal action to protect Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
| WILDALERT NEWS: January 2006 Update (01/06/2006)
Glastebury Mountain, VT. Arctic Refuge safe, for now. Governor wants full protection for roadless areas in Virginia.
| WILDALERT NEWS: May 2005 Update (05/05/2005)
Roadless Rule overturned, Arctic Refuge update, archaeological resources in National Monuments in Arizona, NLCS anniversary, your gifts doubled for limited time.
| WILDALERT NEWS: May 2006 Update (05/01/2006)
Big Oil targets Arctic Refuge, again. Go Wild: Touch the Earth. Eastern Forests for sale. Wilderness bills to cheer on. Support The Wilderness Society: matching gift offer.
| WILDALERT NEWS: November 2005 Update (11/02/2005)
North Cascades. Key Arctic Refuge vote. Top 10 Halloween Horribles. Ojito Wilderness bill passes Congress. New report: Western BLM lands suffering. Roadless Rule repeal challenged. Court rules public must be included in Forest Service decisions.
| WILDALERT NEWS: October 2005 Update (10/04/2005)
Arctic Refuge. Energy policy. Court rules public must be involved in National Forest decisions.
| WILDALERT NEWS: September 2005 update (09/06/2005)
Hurricane Katrina: human and environmental toll, Tongass National Forest, Oil Lobby shamelessly exploiting Hurrican Katrina to further agenda, 2006 Wilderness Society calendar.
| WILDALERT: An Offering of Thanks (11/22/2005)
A special Thanksgiving message from Eleanor Huffines, Anchorage, Alaska.
| WILDALERT: Arctic Refuge Action Needed TODAY (05/22/2006)
As hard as it is to believe, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is in the crosshairs again. Some House members may force a vote on drilling in the Arctic Refuge as early as this Wednesday.
| WILDALERT: Arctic Refuge Update (11/04/2005)
In a close vote along mostly party lines on Nov. 3rd, the Senate approved the 2006 Budget Reconciliation bill, which would, among other things, open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil development. The focus next turns to the House, where a significant number of Republicans are outspoken in their opposition to Arctic Refuge drilling in the Budget Bill, thereby casting serious doubt on whether a bill with Arctic drilling in it can pass the House at all.
| WILDALERT: ARCTIC REFUGE WIN! (12/21/2005)
On December 21, 2005, by a vote of 56-44, the Senate refused to invoke cloture on the defense appropriations bill, rejecting Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-AK) attempts to attach Arctic Refuge drilling on the Defense Appropriations bill.
| WILDALERT: Congress Approves Budget Conference Report (04/29/2005)
In two close votes on April 28, 2005, the House and Senate approved a Budget Conference Report that paves the way for a bill that could open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. This campaign is far from over, though. Here's how you can help.
| WILDALERT: Critical Vote on Arctic Refuge This Week--Calls Needed (10/31/2005)
Senate to vote on Budget Reconciliation package that would allow oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge; House to vote next week.
| WILDALERT: Great News--House Removes Arctic Refuge Drilling (11/10/2005)
The House Rules Committee has removed from the House Budget Reconciliation bill the provision that would have opened the Arctic Refuge to development. The provision that would have made it easier to drill for oil and gas in coastal areas currently off limits to development was also removed.
| WILDALERT: Join us at Arctic Refuge Action Day, Sept 20 in Wash, DC (09/09/2005)
Join thousands of Americans for Arctic Refuge Action Day in Washington, DC, on September 20. Sign up now!
| WILDALERT: New Arctic Refuge Threat, But Good News on Mining (12/15/2005)
New Arctic Refuge Drilling Threat Emerges -- Your Calls Needed
After being blocked on Budget bill, drilling proponents target Defense spending bill.
| WILDALERT: Protect the Arctic - Spread the Word! (05/24/2006)
We need to make sure that we get as many people as possible to contact their Representatives in the next few days.
| WILDALERT: Protect the Arctic Refuge (05/18/2006)
Some cynical politicians in Washington will stop at nothing to open our Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. Now these politicians have reached the height of cynical politics - they are threatening to hold hostage legislation to make our cars and trucks more energy efficient.
| WILDALERT: Renewed Arctic Refuge Battle in Congress (03/14/2006)
Big Oil and its buddies in Washington are up to their old tricks again. In a sign of just how strong the drilling obsession is for some politicians, a dangerous provision to drill the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been slipped into the Senate's Budget Resolution, again.
| WILDALERT: Senate Votes for Arctic Refuge Drilling (03/17/2006)
On March 16, 2006, the Senate narrowly passed (51-49) an FY07 budget resolution that could lead to opening the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. The extraordinarily close vote on this resolution is an indication of how much your emails and phone calls helped, and just how controversial this issue remains. The battle for the Refuge now moves to the House, which is expected to take up its own FY07 budget resolution the week of March 26th.
| WILDALERT: Special Earth Day Thank You to an Arctic Refuge Hero (04/22/2005)
While the energy bill, including an Arctic Refuge drilling provision, passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, more Representatives voted against Arctic Refuge drilling than in a similar vote in 2003. Meanwhile, Congressional negotiators are deciding whether to include language in the final Budget Resolution that would pave the way for drilling.
| WILDALERT: Your Action Still Needed for Arctic Refuge (04/11/2005)
As Congress gets back to work this week, we know you are as interested as we are in next steps for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
| WILDALERT: Your Representative Can Stop Arctic Refuge Drilling in its Tracks! (03/27/2006)
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Senate passed a budget resolution that included a provision to drill the protected Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Despite being soundly defeated by the efforts of millions of conservation-minded Americans last year, drilling pushers have pledged to do everything they can to force their Arctic Refuge drilling plan through Congress this year. Your Representative can make sure this bad idea stop in the U.S. House of Representatives. Please call today! A vote is scheduled for March 29th.
| Wilderness Report #136 (3/11/05) (03/11/2005)
Arctic drilling passes Senate. Utah National Forests wilderness proposal. Two book reviews.
| Wilderness Report #159 (02/24/2006)
More towns pass resolutions in support of Wilderness for Dona Ana County, NM. Communities pass resolutions opposing Valle Vidal energy development. Wilderness Society honors three Arctic Refuge heroes.
| Wilderness Report #181 (01/12/2007)
Arctic Refuge Wilderness Act Introduced in House on January 4, 2007; PBS Airs Documentary on Proposed Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness; Wilderness Advocacy Group in Nevada Develops Stewardship and Restoration blog
| Wilderness Report #200 (10/05/2007)
1) Wilderness Report #200: A Look Back at Wilderness Since Our First Issue; 2) Southern California Wilderness Bill Introduced by Representative Mary Bono and Senator Barbara Boxer; 3) House Agriculture Committee Hearing Held on Virginia Ridge and Valley Act; 4) National Foundation Created to Protect and Expand National Conservation Landscape System
| Wilderness Report #203 (11/16/2007)
1) House Natural Resources Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Five Wilderness Bills; 2) Washington’s Alpine Lakes Wilderness Bill Introduced; 3) Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Bill Introduced in Senate; 4) Nevadan’s Celebrate Five Year Wilderness Anniversary
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100 Years of Conservation, 100 Days of Public Lands Assault  (04/21/2004)
America has been a global leader in the protection of wild places since the time of Theodore Roosevelt. Today, our 100-year legacy is at risk, with some of America’s most wild places threatened by overzealous oil and gas development and harmful logging. These are a few of the national treasures that have been under attack in the past 100 days.
| A Month of Drilling and Spilling (04/06/2005)
In March 2005 alone, numerous incidents of oil industry pollution, accidents and cover ups were reported in Alaska and around the world.
| About Arctic Action (07/21/2005)
Arctic Refuge Action is a coalition of conservation, religious and Native American groups representing millions of Americans who believe the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should remain wild, unspoiled, and free of oil rigs.
| Administration's Record on Public Lands at Earth Day 2004 (04/21/2004)
Bush Administration policies are a significant and often radical departure from past approaches to stewardship. The move is away from balance and conservation for future generations and toward a short-term orientation that puts industrial development ahead of long-term conservation. Key examples of these changes are set out below.
| Analysis of Senate Energy Committee's FY06 Budget Reconciliation Recommendations (10/27/2005)
Analysis of Senate Energy Committee's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling Provisions in their FY2006 Budget Reconciliation Recommendations (analysis courtesy Trustees for Alaska).
| Arctic Myths vs. Facts (10/04/2001)
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Myths vs. Facts
| Arctic Oil vs. Imports (04/05/2002)
Arctic Refuge oil won't make a dent in oil imports!
| Arctic Reality Check -- Drilling Into The Legislation (10/07/2005)
A close look at proposed Arctic Refuge drilling legislation shoots massive holes into drilling proponents' claims that oil development could and would be done in the "right way" or in an "environmentally sensitive way." If drilling could really be done without harming wildlife or the ecology of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, then why is the proposed legislation full of clauses that grant exemptions, weaken standards, cut out the regular checks and balances, and then dress it all up to look far more protective than it really is?
| Arctic Refuge "2,000-acre" Myth Map (03/09/2005)
Map of what 2,000-acres of oil development would look like by drilling proponents' math
| Arctic Refuge Drilling and Gas Prices: Not a Solution, Now or Later (05/08/2008)
Proponents of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge opportunistically and incorrectly point to rising
gasoline prices as a reason to drill for oil in one of America’s last wild places. If oil were discovered in commercial
quantities, it would take 10 years before a single drop could be produced. Recent U.S. Energy Information Administration data indicates that in 2030, when oil discovered in the Arctic Refuge would be near peak production levels, the effect at the gas pump would be about two pennies per gallon.
| Arctic Refuge Oil Would Not Significantly Affect Oil Prices (03/09/2005)
Fact Sheet
| Birds: From the Arctic to Your Backyard (06/13/2008)
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge provides vital habitat for some of America’s most spectacular wildlife. Birds, in particular, rely heavily on the Arctic Refuge. When the weather turns warm, the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge becomes a haven for millions of migrating birds, affording them a safe place to feed, mate and nest.
| Bush Rhetoric vs His Record (08/08/2003)
Bush Rhetoric vs His Record
| DOE Drilling and Imports (03/18/2002)
Department of Energy Report Shows that Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge Would Have Negligible Effect on Oil Imports
| Drilling Not the Solution to U.S. Energy Challenges (06/03/2004)
A compendium of links to reports that demonstrate the flaws in the Administration's "drill first" policies.
| Factsheet: Alpine No Environmental Showpiece (02/09/2005)
Proponents of opening the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development profess a commitment to strict environmental regulation, and they assert that new technologies – particularly ice roads and directional drilling – will make drilling in the Arctic Refuge environmentally benign. But the sprawling, piecemeal development at Alpine has far exceeded the oil companies' initial disclosures, and its environmental and other impacts keep increasing.
| Factsheet: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (01/13/2005)
There is no greater place in America to experience wild nature, hike, fish, hunt, raft, camp, or simply lose oneself to the natural rhythms of the land. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has called the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1.5 million acre Coastal Plain "the center for wildlife activity" for the entire refuge. But the oil industry and its allies in the White House and Congress are lobbying hard to open this part of the refuge to oil drilling.
| Factsheet: Arctic Refuge Drilling and Gas Prices: Drilling Nets About a Penny per Gallon, 20 Years From Now (08/07/2006)
Proponents of drilling Arctic National Wildlife Refuge point to rising gasoline prices as a reason to drill one of America’s last wild places. But in reality, Arctic Refuge oil would amount to a drop in the bucket of the oil market. The U.S. Department of Energy’s own Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that even twenty years down the road, when Arctic Refuge oil is at or near peak production, gas prices would be affected by about a penny per gallon.
| Factsheet: North Slope Oil Development: Air and Water Pollution, Spills, and Sprawl (08/10/2006)
Three decades of oil industry public relations have drilled away at one familiar theme that belies the reality on the ground: that drilling can be done in an "environmentally responsible" fashion. The reality is that the sprawling industrial infrastructure and pollution associated with drilling on the North Slope continue to have pervasive, lasting, and serious environmental consequences.
| Factsheet: Oil Development Would Harm Arctic Refuge Wildlife (11/02/2005)
Study after study consistently proves that wildlife has been harmed by development on the North Slope of Alaska. In 2003, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a study that documented major cumulative
impacts of oil development on wildlife, wilderness, and Native American cultures across an extensive
area of the North Slope.
| Factsheet: Potential Oil from America's Arctic Refuge Is No Solution for High Oil Prices or Foreign Oil Dependence (02/18/2005)
Details on 2005 EIA Analysis of impact of Arctic oil on imports and prices.
| Factsheet: The New Technology Scam (02/09/2005)
In the push to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development, the big oil companies and their allies in the Congress, Administration, and Alaska state government say drilling on Alaska’s North Slope has been clean and environmentally benign. This is misleading because industry has caused significant environmental damage, the benefits of dubious “new” technologies are often exaggerated, and state of the art practices are often not used due to economics or practical reasons. The result: cumulative harm to the pristine environment.
| Fuzzy Numbers: Leasing Revenue Projections from Arctic Refuge Drilling Don’t Add Up (03/02/2005)
Fuzzy Numbers: Leasing Revenue Projections from Arctic Refuge Drilling Don’t Add Up
| How the Budget Resolution and Budget Reconciliation Threaten the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (02/18/2005)
Some proponents of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have indicated that they may attempt to move their proposal as part of the federal budget process. They would do so only because they know that they do not have the votes to move the drilling proposal through the normal legislative process.
| More Oily Myths: Claims For Arctic Refuge Drilling Are Fabricated (07/11/2006)
Factsheet detailing how a fake grassroots organization called "Americans for American Energy" is claiming in an Arkansas print ad that drilling the Arctic Refuge would "solve" America’s "energy problems. " This claim is wrong, as are their claims that drilling the Arctic Refuge would have any significant effect on gas prices or oil imports.
| Security Does Not Require Drilling for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (10/04/2001)
Oil and national security: Security does not require drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
| Stunts to Buy Support for Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (07/26/2006)
Pro-drilling House Members are trying YET AGAIN to use any excuse to pursue their myopic plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The most recent Arctic drill bill in the House dedicates speculative leasing revenues from Arctic Refuge drilling to a list of renewable energy incentives. But this is just one of a myriad of tactics, gimmicks, and schemes used by drilling proponents over time to buy votes for protecting the Refuge. Here are some other ways they have tried to offer up these speculative revenues to open our nation’s largest and wildest refuge.
| The 2,000-Acre Hoax (10/03/2005)
The suggestion that only 2,000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be needed for oil development neglects to include associated development of roads, airstrips, living quarters and other impacts.
| The Arctic's Oil and National Security (10/04/2001)
Oil and national security: Security does not require drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
| The Oil in American Wilderness - Values at Stake (03/13/2001)
The oil industry is using scare tactics to open up America's sensitive wildlands and coastal areas to oil and gas drilling. Destroying these special lands and waters will do little to meet America's energy needs.
| Why You Can't Trust the Oil Companies (10/30/2001)
The oil industry claims it can develop the Arctic Refuge in an environmentally sensitive manner. But the industry's track record in Prudhoe Bay and elsewhere in Alaska is not one to be trusted.
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Wilderness Act Handbook -- 40th Anniversary Edition (2004) (05/04/2004)
This handbook is designed as a reference for those working to protect what is left of wild America. It sets forth the relevant laws, regulations, and policies that govern the creation, expansion, and management of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and addresses important wildenress management issues. The Wilderness Act is printed in its entirety, along with interpretation and excerpts from and analysis of subsequent legislation that has influenced the designation or management of wilderness.
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Letter Opposing Arctic in Budget Bill (03/08/2006)
2006 Letter from Members of Congress Opposing Arctic Refuge Drilling in the Budget: Senate Republicans Chaffee, Coleman, Collins, McCain, Snowe
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Current and Proposed Oil & Gas Leases on Alaska's North Slope (06/24/2008)
This map shows the breakdown of sold, active, and proposed leases in Alaska's North Slope.
| Yukon Flats Climate Change Summary (02/11/2008)
Alaska's 16 National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) were created to protect important fish and wildlife habitat. Some are already showing signs of climate change impacts, including wetland drying, spruce-bark bettle infestations, and increased fire frequency and intensity. A better understanding of how the land will respond to future changes is needed to help refuge managers and the people that live in or near the refuges identify where and when changes are likely to occur.
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A Moral Choice for the United States (10/25/2005)
Report details the human rights implications for the Gwich'in of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Gwich'in Nation's subsistence culture and caribou at risk if Congress OKs drilling. Report produced by the Gwich'in Steering Committee.
| Arctic Journey (Dunne) (03/17/2000)
Our Arctic Journey is seen through the eyes and journal of John Dunne, who spent the summer of 1999 in the Arctic Refuge, taking photos of the landscape and the wildlife in order to complete his master's thesis in photography.
| Arctic Refuge Drilling or Clean Energy? (02/25/2002)
A summary and review of current literature finds that job creation claims by the petroleum industry are flawed: real potential for job creation lies not in drilling for oil in pristine wilderness, but in fostering the development of sustainable, renewable sources of energy. Prepared by Pete Morton, The Wilderness Society. Read the Executive Summary
| Arctic Refuge Drilling or Clean Energy? Executive Summary (02/25/2002)
A summary and review of current literature finds that job creation claims by the petroleum industry are flawed. Author: Pete Morton, TWS. (Executive Summary)
| Big Oil's Energy Plan: The Cost to America's Wild Lands and Waters (03/13/2002)
Wild lands are at risk from the cozy relationship between the Bush Administration and the oil and gas industry. With very little public debate or scrutiny, the White House has already allowed oil and gas companies to begin operations in some of the most fragile and remarkable places in the country.
| Broken Promises: The Reality of Big Oil in America's Arctic (04/08/2003)
Broken Promises: The Reality of Big Oil in America's Arctic. New Report Documents Gap Between Environmental Promises and Reality on the North Slope. "Broken Promises" Debunks Drilling Proponents' Myths About Arctic Oil Drilling.
| Environmental Record of Bush Administration (05/12/2006)
A list of Bush Administration actions targeting our public lands.
| State of the Environment: Bush Strikes Out (04/18/2002)
This report documents failures by the Bush administration to protect air, water, land, and wildlife, showing how the administration consistently sides with industry eager to make a quick profit.
| Taxation Without Representation: Taking the Public out of "Public Land Management" (04/15/2002)
While the country is focused on the war on terrorism, the Bush Administration is methodically shutting out the public's right to participate in the management of our public lands. This report provides a brief description of seven Administrative decisions, responses from the conservation community, related press coverage and other background information.
| Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska (Too Wild to Drill, 2006) (10/18/2006)
Report on Teshekpuk Lake from Too Wild to Drill, 2006.
| Too Wild To Drill (08/20/2001)
Full report describing sixteen areas that are high-profile examples of treasured public lands that should not be developed.
| Too Wild to Drill - Summary (10/18/2006)
The Bush Administration’s “lease and drill everything” policy is aimed at opening some of our most fragile places to oil and gas development. This report identifies 17 public lands that should not be developed, outlines the threat to these areas, and what should be done to protect them. |
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