... : The 1002 Area is critically important to the ecological integrity of the whole Artic Refuge, providing essential habitats for numerous internationally important species such as the Porcupine Caribou herd and polar bears. Other species affected include: wolves, wolverines, snow geese, seabirds, and shorebirds, artic grayling and coastal fish. The compactness and proximity of a number of artic and ... abundance or distribution of species." Muskoxen Concerns: Displacement of muskoxen from preferred winter habitat Decreased body condition in females Increased incidents of predation Decrease...

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... refuge in the United States. The refuge provides a home to many different, and nearly extinct animals including: musk oxen, caribou, migratory birds, Dall sheep, as well as grizzly, black, and polar bears; and this is just a short list. There are a wide variety of marine mammals that migrate to the Beaufort Sea, off the cost of the refuge, during the summertime (Big ... and extraction activities are concentrated in the refuge's most critical and sensitive areas such as calving grounds for the Porcupine caribou herd and denning areas fro one of America's two polar bear populations. Secon...

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... have long chosen not to hunt, calling it "vadzaih googii vi dehkit gwanlii" the sacred place where life begins." There are many endanger wild animals lives in Alaska such as polar bear, musk oxen, tundra swans, and hundreds of other species are concentrated there. If oil company drill oil from ANWR, then those animals will be greatly affected. Although drilling oil may ... ...

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