Save the Arctic! Expert and Public Opinion

EXPERT AND PUBLIC OPINION

Scientific Opinions	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Opinions
Public Opinion	Religious and Native Opinions
	Other Opinions

More Than 1,000 Scientists Confirm Drilling In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Will Harm Wildlife
More than 1,000 leading U.S. and Canadian scientists called on President Bush to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling. In a letter to the President on February 14, 2005, the scientists questioned assertions that oil could be safely extracted from the Refuge and urged President Bush to "support permanent protection of the coastal plain's significant wildlife and wilderness values."

Written Testimony of Jack Lentfer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Submitted to the House Committee on Resources for a hearing on the Republican energy bill, July 11, 2001.

Scientists Unite to Protect Caribou
A letter from scientists urging the protection of the coastal plain of the Arctic refuge.

Why We Need An Arctic Refuge National Monument
President Jimmy Carter endorses increased refuge protection.

Americans for Alaska
A select group of leading Americans committed to protecting the wild, unspoiled lands of Alaska.

Alaska Bishop Lobbies Against Drilling in Arctic Refuge
The bishops of the Episcopal Church, concerned about
oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, dispatched an
emissary to the U.S. Senate with a simple message: Leave our people -- and their caribou-- alone.

Reverend Isaac Akootchook, President Native Village of Kaktovik
Kaktovik lies within the Arctic Refuge. Rev. Akootchook made this statement after Sen. Domenici and Interior Secretary Norton's trip to Kaktovik.