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— February 13, 2015 Continue Reading ...ANWR Thinkin’
— February 13, 2015Don Young Says Obama Has Gone ‘Completely Whacko’ With Alaska Wilderness Decision
— February 12, 2015Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) teed off on President Barack Obama on Monday for his attempt to designate millions of acres of land in his home state, a move that Young and others said would make it harder for Alaska to develop its resources. Young joined Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R) and Dan Sullivan (R) in a…
Continue Reading ...What the Inupiat on the North Slope think about Obama locking up the resource.
— February 12, 2015ANWR worshippers fail to consider the Iñupiat The Iñupiat Eskimo lived on Alaska’s North Slope for countless generations — unknown to the outside world. Our culture, social structure and our survival depended on our ability to utilize the abundant resources that bless our region. Over time, we found our lifestyle threatened when the thirst for…
Continue Reading ...REAL FACTS ABOUT ANWR
— February 12, 2015On January 25, the Interior Department announced plans to propose wilderness designation for 12.28 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). President Obama’s proposed wilderness plan would put the vast energy resources contained in ANWR’s Coastal Plain under lock and key, denying Alaskans… [Read More]
Continue Reading ... Continue Reading ...Comparision of ANWR to the Continental US
— February 12, 2015 Continue Reading ...A postage stamp on a football field. Really? Yes!
— February 12, 2015Forget 10 Years–Drilling ANWR Would Pay Off Right Away
— February 12, 2015The fragile economy, high unemployment, and national debt are major concerns for many Americans across the country. While President Obama is campaigning on another so-called stimulus plan that will raise taxes on American families and job creators, he’s ignoring one of the best solutions to these problems—increased American energy production through drilling in the Arctic…
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Get Out and Vote Don Young
— October 25, 201810 years after, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito makes his case
— February 16, 2016The Supreme Court had brought before it an issue on a federal ban on hovercraft inside national parks, and Justice Samuel Alito seemed in a huff. Regardless of special concessions that apply to Alaska, an appeals court upheld the hovercraft ban there, which it extended beyond the federal land to include land the government doesn’t own. The court’s justification didn’t make…
Alaska Turf Wars-Frontiers
— February 2, 2016Since statehood battles on who controls Alaska’s land and the waters have existed. Watch this video news story produced by Anchorage’s KTVA 11 for their Frontiers with Ronda McBride news program for the the full story on why a moose hunter in Alaska has taken his case all the way the the US Supreme Court….
Game Changer on the Yukon-The John Sturgeon Story (Video)
— November 2, 2015John Sturgeon is a 46 year resident of Alaska. He has worked in Alaska’s forest products industry during that time. He is active in his community serving on several boards including the John Sturgeon is a 46 year resident of Alaska. He has worked in Alaska’s forest products industry during that time. He is active…
A Constitutional Right to Hovercraft?
— October 31, 2015The U.S. Supreme Court considers an odd case from Alaska, with the fraught question of federal management of Western lands hovering in the background. “Raisins are not wild animals even when they are dancing,” Michael McConnell told the U.S. Supreme Court last term, thereby winning the first annual Epps Award for Coolest Argument Line of…
Game Changer on the Yukon
— October 31, 2015My grandfather moved from Washington to Alaska in 1940 to work, hunt and play in an environment that he felt was a better, safer, healthier and more enjoyable place to raise his family. He died in 1977, three years before President Carter doubled the size of the country’s national park and refuge system and tripled…
Forget 10 Years–Drilling ANWR Would Pay Off Right Away
— February 12, 2015The fragile economy, high unemployment, and national debt are major concerns for many Americans across the country. While President Obama is campaigning on another so-called stimulus plan that will raise taxes on American families and job creators, he’s ignoring one of the best solutions to these problems—increased American energy production through drilling in the Arctic…