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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ( ANWR, pronounced as “ ANN-warr ”) or Arctic Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States, on traditional Iñupiaq and Gwich'in lands. The refuge is 19,286,722 acres (78,050.59 km 2) of the Alaska North Slope region, with a northern coastline and vast inland forest, taiga ...
1,850 acres (7.5 km 2) [518] Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Chesapeake Suffolk Camden County, North Carolina Gates County, North Carolina Pasquotank County, North Carolina. 1974. 112,000 acres (450 km 2) [519] James River National Wildlife Refuge ^. Prince George County. 1991.
Coordinates: 69°52′27″N 144°09′55″W. ANWR and known oil deposits in northern Alaska. The question of whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been an ongoing political controversy in the United States since 1977. [1] As of 2017, Republicans have attempted to allow drilling in ANWR almost fifty times ...
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will cancel seven Trump-era oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and protect more than 13 million acres in the federal National ...
The bill, which passed in a 214-199 vote, would reinstate six oil and gas leases to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that the Biden administration revoked last year.
The Last Alaskans is an American reality television series that premiered on Animal Planet on May 25, 2015. [1] The second season premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2016. [2] The fourth and final season premiered on the Discovery Channel on November 25, 2018. [3] The series follows several families and trappers as they survive each ...
Name State(s) Acreage Area: km² Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska: 19,286,482.30 78,049.62 Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: Alaska 19,162,416.50
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. / 67.783°N 153.300°W / 67.783; -153.300. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is an American national park that protects portions of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska. The park is the northernmost national park in the United States, situated entirely north of the Arctic Circle.