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To: stribe30 who wrote (134740)	3/21/2001 9:41:06 PM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571043

Scott, Re: <TGPT> I'll look at your email and sources carefully. Expect a response in a day or so. I'm not screwing around when I say I believe the ANWR should be drilled. I'm willing to spend some time looking at your material. And I thank you for your response, into which you clearly put some substantial time. But wrt <I trust CNN and TIME arent considered "crap" sites.> I must say, surely you jest. They are both in the 'NEWS' business and will print any news that can be produced, no matter how ignorant the source. They are like 'sell side analysts' -- their job is to sell. tgptndr.

To: stribe30 who wrote (134740)	3/22/2001 6:10:00 AM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571043

Stribe30 Re..Wildlife-management experts are concerned the winter activities of oil companies could disrupt the denning of pregnant female polar bears along the shoreline. Musk oxen could be driven from their riverside habitats, where oil companies come to find gravel and freshwater. And grizzly bears, which come out on the plain in summer, will likely again prove they are incompatible with oil camps. In the Prudhoe area, grizzlies were often relocated and sometimes shot when they became too intrusive.<<<<<<<<< Didn't you forget to mention that the whales wouldn't be able to breath through the 5000 mile wide oil slick and that Madonna's breasts just might stop lactating because of her concern. I know I am really concerned about that. Caribou will move away from oil fields as disturbance increases," says David Klein, professor emeritus at the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. In the Prudhoe oil field, he says, the 25,000-head Central Arctic herd of caribou was displaced from oil developments. "The pipeline and [nearby] haul road have essentially fractured the Central Arctic herd into two groups," Klein says. <<<<<< So. The group, or the two groups now is larger than it has ever been in history. Where is your proof that the herd will go down in size. From TPGNDR article. Prudhoe Bay Area Caribou Numbers Highest Ever Petroleum News Alaska News Release December 22, 2000 - Pat Valkenberg, a research coordinator with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, told PNA Dec. 20 that a recent count of the Central Arctic caribou herd shows herd numbers at their highest level ever. "The herd is now at 27,128 animals," Valkenberg said. That compares with 19,700 in 1997 and a previous high of 24,000 in 1992. "We don't really know why the herd has increased," he said. When asked whether Alaska's caribou herd numbers are part of a natural fluctuating cycle, Valkenberg said it is one of the issues that caribou biologists periodically debate: "In Alaska, in North America, some of the herds do appear to go up and down - some on a 20 year cycle ... other herds fluctuate fairly erratically. Other herds, such as the Porcupine, have been remarkably stable," Valkenberg said. <<<<<<<<< If you had bothered to look at the chart, you would have noticed the herd increased in size from 5000 in 1974 to over 25000 now. A fivefold increase. We can only hope the porcupine herd is so decimated. By the way... the area directly adjacent to the ANWR on our side of the border is a fully protected federal park.<<<<<<<< But you did make sure the McKensie area wasn't included in that park, even though it is right next door. I wonder why that was. Also.. Isee your site you referenced doesnt update its articles.. or at least.. not the ones it doesnt want people to read.. its got that "new poll" claiming 54% of Americans support drilling the ANWR... well.. that poll was taken in October.. The CNN/TIME Poll in Feb showed that 52% of AMericans now OPPOSED the drilling of the ANWR.. despite the Bush scare mongering tactics.. but of course.. why would they want to put that up on their site? That is extremely misleading in my view. <<<<<<<<<<< I find it amusing that you talk about this guy and that guy for or against, but the bottom line is what do the people of Alaska, the people who live there want. Frank Murkaski is their senator and he is for drilling. Why are you ignoring their wishes. Why are you presuming to know what is good for the people of Alaska? Why not assume they have some intelligence and would have some idea of what is best for them. Just like your gov. decided that it would be best for Canada if they drilled right next to the protected area.