... 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 Oil ... 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. S...

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... is rich in fossil fuels, but also thought of as the most critical area in the entire ecosystem. The coastal plains are a habitat for over 160 different species of birds, polar bears, a herd of Porcupine caribou, and the Gwich"in people, one of the world's few remaining subsistence cultures. According to the Fish & Wildlife Service, "such a broad spectrum of diverse habitats occurring ... area would force the herd to relocate to another area where nutrients would not be as plentiful. As a result insects could not easily escape, and predators, such as wolves and bears, would be more of a ...

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