Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

nearly 60 percent. Despite the harmful effects drilling for oil has on the environment, and wildlife there are still many reason the U.S continues to import. Considering oil has been the back bone to the world’s economy for decades, we need to take control by putting regulations on all oil drilling globally. Altogether the world needs recognize the detrimental effects drilling for oil has on are ecosystem, wildlife, and depleting oil reserves. Oil has become so predominate to many nations…

Around midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran into Bligh Reef. The result was the release of about 11 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound in Alaska, loss of wildlife, and new environmental policies. The aim of this investigation is to identify the environmental policies that developed as a result of the oil spill, analyze why and if these policies were enacted, and search for evidence to either affirm or refute whether the oil spill made an impact on the…

northern Hemisphere (Pough 2003). Dunlin can be seen in all three refuges on the Complex at a suitable habitat. The natural habitats of dunlin consist of coastal mudflats or sandy beaches (Pattern 2003). Classification Dunlin is in the family of Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes), which have small to medium sized shorebirds and live in various type of wetland habitats. The genus of dunlin is Calidrids, which are a group of Arctic-breeding birds with relatively short billed (Pattern 2003).…

catch. If you don’t know, I am an arctic wolf. Today I will tell you about myself and the reasons I am endangered. Canis lupus arctos is the scientific name for an arctic wolf. Although many people believe an arctic wolf can only be purely white, this is not true. An arctic wolf may…

spills, harms nature, and contaminates water. Offshore oil drilling cause oil spills. Oil spills threaten public health and safety. In addition, they cause fires and explosions, compromise agriculture, waste nonrenewable resources, harm and kill wildlife, and much more (Yeardley). Since 1859, eight hundred billion barrels of oil have been burned. The oil industry…

All plastic is oil. Most paints and all pesticides are made from oil. Everything from toothpaste to tooth brushes are made from oil and there are seven gallons of oil in every tire. There is absolutely nothing anywhere in any combination that will replace the assembly built by fossil fuels…..nothing at all. Peak oil is probably now very easy to explain; much easier than it was a long time ago. People have felt what $147 a barrel of oil feels like. Essentially, peak oil is like a bell curve, if…

National wildlife refuges, lakes, rivers and other private lands serve as important stop over sights for wintering waterfowl. These too are important in the survival of waterfowl during the winter seasons. Ducks and geese will use these areas during their migration…

sacred to their particular religious group. Many sites considered sacred by one group are also finding themselves having to defend the sites against those who do not understand why the area should be set aside. For example, many see the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a type of sacred site, that of natural value and should not be altered. For others, this is a distinction that prevents the economic use of the land. Unfortunately spaces like this can not always be shared, for the use by…

Guess and Farnham discuss the demand curve in relation to whether a proposed program will be favored and affect the consumers’ willingness to purchase the output of the program. Willingness to pay issues complicate cost-benefit analysis and through surveying and hypothetical situations, the contingent valuation method is used. This method “is widely used in environmental areas, particularly to evaluate willingness to pay for nonuse or existence values of environmental goods” (Guess 325) and…

If you’ve ever dreamed of escaping from the rat race and going somewhere you can live simpler life, more in tune with nature, then Life Below Zero is the reality show for you. Unlike other reality shows like Alaskan Bush people (which feels very scripted and unrealistic) there’s no question that what you see on Life Below Zero is authentic. The show follows the lives of people who live in the most remote parts of Alaska and shows viewers just what it takes to live a subsistence lifestyle. These…