... traveled hundreds of miles from Canada's Porcupine River region to the coastal plain, where females give birth in the spring ("Life on...") In addition, the coastal waters are home to polar bears throughout their non-dormant months, and even more importantly are the onshore denning areas of the coastal plain used during the winter months. The entire Beaufort population of ... polar bears den most heavily along the 800 miles of the arctic coast ("Life on..."). Furthermore, during the summer months, the coast is very important for migrating birds. More than 135 bird ... ...

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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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