Artic National Wildlife Refuge ::ANWR::

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Artic National Wildlife RefugeANWR

• By Stephanie Barthelette

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ANWR

• In Alaskas northeast corner, the ANWR is
  19.6-million-acres of remote land

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Location
Southernmost Latitude 53.0NWesternmost
Longitude 180.0WNorthernmost Latitude
74.0NEasternmost Longitude 130.0W

• It is comprised of tundra as well as marshes,
  lagoons and rivers situated between the rugged
  foothills of the Brooks Range and the wide, icy
  waters of the Beaufort Sea. 

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The Coastal Plain
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Wildlife

• The ANWR is inhabited by 45 species of land and
  marine mammals, ranging from the pygmy shrew to
  the bowhead whale. Some of the well-known are the
  polar, grizzly, and black bear wolf, wolverine,
  Dall sheep, moose, muskox, and the animal that
  has come to symbolize the area's wildness, the
  free-roaming caribou. Thirty-six species of fish
  occur in Arctic Refuge waters, and 180 species of
  birds have been observed on the refuge.

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First Main Point..

• 1. How much land would be considered for
  Exploration? Only the 1.5 million acres or 8 on
  the northern coast of ANWR is being considered
  for development.

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Second Main Point

• 2.How much oil is there? Studies of the ANWR
  coastal plain indicate it may contain between 600
  million and 9.2 billion barrels of recoverable
  oil.

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.You Decide.
POSSIBLE PROS Jobs will be created Income for
Alaska Federal Government Oil production which
will help U.S. problems No known environmental
damage No known damage that will hurt the
animals
POSSIBLE CONS Possibility of hurting
environment Possibility of hurting the
animals Maybe not as much oil as expected Money
lost, no gain