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	<title>Alaska Wilderness League</title>
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	<description>Your Land. Your Voice.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Link to Sealaska action</title>
		<link>http://www.capwiz.com/alaskawild/issues/alert/?alertid=13375191</link>
		<comments>http://www.capwiz.com/alaskawild/issues/alert/?alertid=13375191#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Grill up some Wild Salmon for your friends at your Tongass BBQ this Summer&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/tongass_bbq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/tongass_bbq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer&#8217;s Tongass BBQ Parties will be a great way to both educate and motivate concerned citizens about why wild salmon need a wild Tongass. Our new Tongass video tells the story of our Tongass National Forest through the voices of the citizens of southeast Alaska.  Just as important, this movie will compel the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska&#8217;s Hidden Gems: 2009 Photography Contest Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/blmcontest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/blmcontest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Wilderness League and Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association teamed up in May 2009 on a national photography contest to highlight national park-quality public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Alaska. The Alaska&#8217;s Hidden Gems Photography Contest attracted 61 submissions from all over and had 50 that qualified for entry.
Through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A clearcut choice for conservation</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/a-clearcut-choice-for-conservation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/a-clearcut-choice-for-conservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 20, 2009: The Tongass National Forest is our rainforest in repair.  Fields of old-growth tree stumps checker the forest – visible scars of a time when the saws never ceased and Congress used taxpayers dollars to punch roads into the rainforest.  The League is engaged in a collaborative effort in the region [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shutterbugs Snap Alaska, Reveal Hidden Gems</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/shutterbugs-snap-alaska-reveal-hidden-gems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/shutterbugs-snap-alaska-reveal-hidden-gems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[May 28, 2009: We teamed up with the Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association on a national photography contest to highlight national park-quality public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Alaska.  The results clearly showcase the natural splendor of these oft-overlooked wild lands in Alaska. Submissions for the Alaska&#8217;s Hidden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrapping Up</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/wrapping-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/wrapping-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been getting lots of great news coverage since the hearings here in Alaska, but one piece in particular caught our eye, from the Bristol Bay Times: &#8220;Alaskans in D.C. pave way for Salazar visit.&#8221;  We&#8217;re so proud of our successful meeting with Alaska Natives and Sec. Salazar during the last Alaska Wilderness Week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Dickson, League Oceans Program Director Testifies</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/david-dickson-league-oceans-program-director-testifies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/david-dickson-league-oceans-program-director-testifies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We are calling for a timeout on OCS development until a comprehensive scientific assessment can be done on the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea to analyze the data gaps and risks associated with offshore oil and gas.  The assessment must involve local stakeholder review and feedback before any development and activity can move forward.  Only then will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Puffin and the Polar Bear</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/the-puffin-and-the-polar-bear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/the-puffin-and-the-polar-bear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Puffin and the Polar Bear took on the oil companies before the OCS hearing today.  Inside, they found many friends from the Arctic and Bristol Bay - there to speak in support of permanent protection of Alaska&#8217;s Oceans.  Even though they were outnumbered, the puffin, polar bear, and locally impacted voices rose to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Testimony from Tribal Officals</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/more-testimony-from-tribal-officals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/more-testimony-from-tribal-officals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Williams from the Alaska Intertribal Council just addressed the panel.  He stated that in his over thirty years of working with Alaska&#8217;s federally recognized tribes- Alaska has 229, he has witnessed may issues resulting from industrial development.  He stated that his organization is against Off shore drilling in the Chuckchi, Beaufort and Bristol Bay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anchorage OCS Hearing Testimony Continues-Update on Bristol Bay Salazar Town Hall</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/anchorage-ocs-hearing-testimony-continues-update-on-bristol-bay-salazar-town-hall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/anchorage-ocs-hearing-testimony-continues-update-on-bristol-bay-salazar-town-hall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Jeremiah Millen- Alaska Wilderness League:
Just got back into town from Bristol  Bay where AWL attended the Town hall meeting in Dillingham held by the Secretary. I did get a quick chance to stop by the wild salmon/ AK wild foods gathering down the street.  Kind of like going to a family reunion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony from Elected State and Tribal Officials</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/testimony-from-elected-state-and-tribal-officials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/testimony-from-elected-state-and-tribal-officials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor of the North Slope Borough, Edward Itta: The North Slope is a community of whalers and subsistence hunters. The North Slope has been very supportive of other types of development for the community but can not support the proposals and lease sales in the Arctic OCS.  The residents of the Arctic know the reality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony from Elected Officials: Palin, Murkowski, Begich, and Young</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/testimony-from-elected-officials-palin-murkowski-begich-young/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/testimony-from-elected-officials-palin-murkowski-begich-young/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Palin was plain supportive of drilling but made a strong statement: if can’t be done safely and in a good way then it isn’t something we should allow in Alaska. And since we don&#8217;t have the technology to clean-up oil spills in icy situations, this is a great point.
We can thank Murkoswki and Begich for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Blog Today: Offshore drilling hearing with Sec. Salazar</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/live-blog-today-offshore-drilling-hearing-with-sec-salazar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/live-blog-today-offshore-drilling-hearing-with-sec-salazar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ April 14, 2009: Secretary Salazar is holding one of four public hearings today, and the only one in Alaska, to find out what Americans think about Bush&#8217;s plan for massive expansion of offshore drilling.  Click here to follow the action from Anchorage.
March 25, 2009: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently announced that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awaiting the arrival of Secretary Salazar</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/awaiting-the-arrival-of-secretary-salazar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/awaiting-the-arrival-of-secretary-salazar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Everyone is slowly trickling in; we are awaiting the arrival of Secretary Salazar.
The agenda for the morning includes: opening remarks and statements from elected officials. Unfortunately, public comment will not be heard until the afternoon, after Secretary Salazar leaves for the day. We have many Native leaders and heads of conservation groups that will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska&#8217;s Hidden Gems: Photography Showcase 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskas-hidden-gems-photography-contest-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskas-hidden-gems-photography-contest-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 1, 2009: Alaska Wilderness League and Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association (AWRTA) are teaming up on this project to inspire viewers to visit the extraordinary and diverse values found on federal public lands in Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.  
 Submissions are due May 15.  If you&#8217;ve taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Voice for Alaska at an Offshore Drilling Hearing with Secretary Salazar!</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/be-a-voice-for-alaska-at-an-offshore-drilling-hearing-with-secretary-salazar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/be-a-voice-for-alaska-at-an-offshore-drilling-hearing-with-secretary-salazar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=1093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[March 25, 2009: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently announced that he will take a step back from George Bush&#8217;s rush to expand offshore drilling to fully consider the immense risks to our nation&#8217;s precious ocean waters.  Alaska Wilderness League is working hard to build a chorus of voices for Alaska at these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Voice for Alaska at an Offshore Drilling Hearing with Secretary Salazar!</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/ocshearings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/ocshearings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=1081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently announced that the Department will take a step back from George Bush’s rush to drill offshore to fully consider the immense risks to our nation&#8217;s precious ocean waters.  He will be attending four regional public hearings across the country in April.
Alaska Wilderness League is working hard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2020 Vision Film Fests - Vote for Your Favorite!</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/2020-vision-film-fests-vote-for-your-favorite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/2020-vision-film-fests-vote-for-your-favorite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=1064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[March 24, 2009: Early in the morning on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef off the coast of Alaska and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil, covering nearly 11,000 square miles of ocean. The devastation that followed was immense: wildlife deaths numbered in the hundreds of thousands, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emilie&#8217;s America&#8217;s Arctic Letter 3-24-09</title>
		<link>/wp-content/files/OCSArcticLetter_3-24-09.pdf</link>
		<comments>/wp-content/files/OCSArcticLetter_3-24-09.pdf#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Alaska&#8217;s Hidden Gems: Photography Showcase 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/blmcontest2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/blmcontest2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=1035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Wilderness League and Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association (AWRTA) have teamed up to highlight the extraordinary and diverse values found on federal public lands in Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management. These lands contain some of our nation’s greatest treasures: the world&#8217;s largest wild salmon fishery, the largest surging glacier in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2020 Vision Film Fests - Featured Films</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/visionfest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/visionfest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=1011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early in the morning on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef off the coast of Alaska and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil, covering nearly 11,000 square miles of ocean.  The devastation that followed was immense: wildlife deaths numbered in the hundreds of thousands, and the lives and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2020 Vision Film Fests - March 24, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/2020-vision-film-fests-march-24-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/2020-vision-film-fests-march-24-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=1004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early in the morning on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker hit Bligh Reef in Alaska and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil, covering nearly 11,000 square miles of ocean. Hundreds of thousands of fish, animals and birds died as a direct result of the spill. Wildlife populations in the area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2020 Vision Film Fests - March 24, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/visionevents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/visionevents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, March 24 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska.  I invite you to join us as we commemorate that event.

Early in the morning on March 24, 1989, the ship hit Bligh Reef and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil, covering nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Contest: What&#8217;s your vision for America&#8217;s Arctic?</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/video-contest-whats-your-vision-for-americas-arctic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/video-contest-whats-your-vision-for-americas-arctic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[February 10, 2009:  Let your creative juices run wild for the wild!   We&#8217;re looking for video submissions from twenty-somethings across the country for Alaska Wilderness League’s 2020 Vision for the Future of America&#8217;s Arctic Film Fest.  Twenty winning videos will be shown at film festivals across the country to commemorate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vision</title>
		<link>/wp-content/files/AWL-Vision.pdf</link>
		<comments>/wp-content/files/AWL-Vision.pdf#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2020 Vision Fest</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/visionfest-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/visionfest-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let Your Creative Juices
Run Wild for the Wild!
We&#8217;re calling for video submissions from twenty-somethings across the country for Alaska Wilderness League&#8217;s 2020 Vision for the Future of America&#8217;s Arctic Film Fest.   Twenty winning videos will be shown at film festivals across the country to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Own Swan</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/swan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/swan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year, waterfowl migrate great lengths to spend their summers in the Teshekpuk Lake area of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.  This area allows them to molt and recover for their long fall journeys—which often pass through many states in the United States.  Alaska Wilderness League is working with Congress to pass legislation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reprieve for the Polar Bear?</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/reprieve-for-the-polar-bear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/reprieve-for-the-polar-bear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 23, 2009: George Bush fired a parting shot for Big Oil before leaving Washington, planning to open the largest block of Arctic Ocean waters yet to be offered for drilling – right in the heart of threatened polar bear habitat.  The Arctic waters north of Alaska, informally known as the Polar Bear Seas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I am&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am-main-page/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am-main-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[December 23, 2008: Together we successfully held off the Bush administration&#8217;s attacks on Alaska&#8217;s wild lands for eight long years.  But after a campaign season of &#8220;Drill, baby, drill&#8221; and &#8220;Drill Here, Drill Now,&#8221; the coming change in Washington is less a victory for wilderness than a long-awaited opportunity to reclaim public debate from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I am&#8221; - Page 4</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am-page-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am-page-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#60; Prev



I am a 67-year-old retired female. My first trip to Alaska was four years ago. My journey was a journey of heartbreak. My two older brothers, who were identical twins, had disappeared in a plane with three other men. I was joining a search party of family menbers, friends and strangers. When my plane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I am&#8221; - Page 3</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am-page-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am-page-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#60; Prev &#124; Next &#62;



I am a 75-year-old woman who celebrated her 50th anniversary with a great trip to Alaska.  We started with Denali where we saw the mountain in sunlight at 1 a.m.  Then we camped on the North Slope with a Nature Conservancy group.  And, finally, we toured the southwest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I am&#8221; - Page 2</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am-page-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am-page-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#60; Prev &#124; Next &#62;



I am Aqugaq, an Inupiaq from Tikigaq (Point Hope, Alaska).  Tikigaq is one of the oldest known whale hunting society and a society that still has clans and rituals that are followed from season to season.  The importance of our festivities from season to season revolved around the whale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I am&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/i-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Next &#62;

We asked our activists to tell us about their passion for protecting Alaska&#8217;s wild places.  The most frequent words and themes in these stories – beauty, Earth, future, protect – alluded to a grand reverence for the timelessness of nature’s creation and the need for its preservation.  
Below is a sampling of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaim the Public Debate on Wilderness</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/reclaim-the-public-debate-on-wilderness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/reclaim-the-public-debate-on-wilderness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[December 2, 2008: America will soon witness the swearing in of a new president and new Congress to great fanfare.  Between the hope and excitement for change, it&#8217;s easy to forget that the incoming president and Congress were elected amidst a nonstop public relations assault of &#8220;Drill, baby, drill&#8221; and &#8220;Drill Here, Drill Now.&#8221;  They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead: Alaska Wilderness Week, DC – Spring 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/looking-ahead-alaska-wilderness-week-dc-%e2%80%93-spring-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/looking-ahead-alaska-wilderness-week-dc-%e2%80%93-spring-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev.alaskawild.org/?p=756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[November 18, 2008: Twice a year, Alaska Wilderness League, in conjunction with conservation partners from Alaska and around the country, hosts a grassroots lobby effort and activist training in Washington, DC.  Participants learn about and lobby for protection of America&#8217;s Arctic, focusing on industrial threats to these areas and how global warming is negatively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop a Lame-Duck Attack on Bristol Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/stop-a-lame-duck-attack-on-bristol-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/stop-a-lame-duck-attack-on-bristol-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[October 27, 2008: Alaska&#8217;s Bristol Bay is an American treasure.  This federally protected area is home to the world&#8217;s largest sustainable wild salmon fishery – truly, one of the last remaining sanctuaries for wild salmon in the world.  The Bureau of Land Management wants to leverage the final months of a lame duck presidency to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Last Polar Bear&#8221; Comes to Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/minneapolis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/minneapolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/minneapolis/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Wilderness League, the Bell Museum of Natural History and Como Park Zoo and Conservatory have teamed up to bring photographer and author Steven Kazlowki to the Bell Museum. Steven’s recently published book &#8220;The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World&#8221; contains essays from leading environmentalists as well as Steven’s unparalleled photographs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/in-memoriam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/in-memoriam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following people have been honored with memorial gifts made in their names to the Alaska Wilderness League:
Robert Trulaske, Jr.
Our Board member, Richard Spener, has made a donation in memory of Robert J. Trulaske Jr.   Richard said that Rob was passionate about the outdoors and conservation. He was pleased with Richard&#8217;s efforts toward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Us Fight Media Myths about the Refuge</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/help-us-fight-media-myths-about-the-refuge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/help-us-fight-media-myths-about-the-refuge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 8, 2008: A tall tale from Big Oil has been floating around the media recently.  Their mission is to make destroying pristine wilderness sound reasonable.  They tell us: &#8220;We&#8217;re only going to drill in 2,000 acres of the Arctic Refuge &#8212; We swear!&#8221;  But just as 1,800 acres of Turnpike slices all across New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Legal Challenge to Bush Admin Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/ocs-legal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/ocs-legal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/ocs-legal/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Center for Biological Diversity v. Interior, Case No. 07-1247Native Village of Point Hope, Alaska Wilderness League and Pacific Environment v. Interior; Case No. 07-1344ConsolidatedD.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Documents

Opening Brief of Native Village of Point Hope, Alaska Wilderness League and Pacific Environment
Opening Brief of Center for Biological Diversity
Response Brief of Department of Interior
Response Brief of American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voice of the Wild Award: Terry Tempest Williams</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/seattle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/seattle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of:
Tom and Sonya Campion - Ellen Ferguson - Marilyn Heiman
Shannon and Peter Polson - Marlyn Twitchell
Mark Wolf-Armstrong and Maggie Coon
Please join Alaska Wilderness League for the presentation of the Voice of the Wild Award to Terry Tempest Williams in recognition for her work to promote greater awareness of the importance of protecting and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR-A Lease Sale Has Ended</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-lease-sale-has-ended/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-lease-sale-has-ended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmillen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Right after the break they ended the sale and announced the highest bidders and acreage amounts.  This sale ended much earlier than expected compared the the Chukchi Sea lease sale we covered last year.
These are rough figures  for but here is what we came up with for numbers:


	
	
		Bidder
		Total Spent
		AVG
	
	
	
		PC/APC
		3,422,483.00
		311,134.82
	
	
		FEX
		4,069,685.00
		369,971.36
	
	
		PC
		1,304,163.00
		76,715.47
	
	
		APC
		1,291,289.00
		258,257.80
	
	
		CP
		6,894,598.00
		202,782.29
	
	
		PH
		12,927,884.00
		190,115.94
	


By our calculations this comes our to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPRA Lease Sale: 15 Minute Break</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/npra-lease-sale-15-minute-break/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/npra-lease-sale-15-minute-break/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmillen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We are headed back in after a 15 minute break(Alaska Time).  Alaska Wilderness League&#8217;s BLM Program Policy  Analyst Jen Hillman has been taking notes on the bids the players and the amounts during the last session.  Looks like just over 150 bids have been taken.
Outside in the hallway our friend Eleanor Huffines from The Wilderness Society [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR-A Lease Sale Bidding Underway- 9:55 A.M.</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-lease-sale-bidding-underway-955-am/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-lease-sale-bidding-underway-955-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmillen</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-lease-sale-bidding-underway-955-am/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: The Auctioneer is currently reviewing bids with in the NE portion of the reserve.  Several of the blocks currently being reviewed run dangerously adjacent to the Colville River.  The Cliffs and surrounding lands around the Colville River provide critical nesting sites and adjacent hunting areas for peregrine and gyrfalcons, golden eagles, and rough-legged hawks; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR-A Lease Sale Bidding Begins- 9:00 A.M.</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-lease-sale-bidding-begins-900-am/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-lease-sale-bidding-begins-900-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmillen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well its official, the bidding has started!   Instead of protecting some of America’s most sensitive areas, resources and cultures, the Bush administration and the “drill baby drill” crowd have opted to give away more lands in America’s Arctic to the private interests of big oil.  Instead of choosing a more balanced approach, we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaskan Land on the Chopping Block&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/live-blogging-today-alaskan-land-on-the-chopping-block/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/live-blogging-today-alaskan-land-on-the-chopping-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/live-blogging-today-alaskan-land-on-the-chopping-block/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[September 24, 2008: Oil and gas companies placed their bids on 4.8 million acres of land in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) today.  Conservationists were at the sale, raising concerns about vital wildlife habitat that could be harmed by oil and gas development.  Land on the chopping block included important habitat for many species of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for the Sale-8:45 A.M.</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/preparing-for-the-sale-845-am/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/preparing-for-the-sale-845-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmillen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Wilderness League is on site, currently at the Public Library in Anchorage, Alaska, as oil and gas companies prepare to bid on 4.8 million acres of land in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) located on Alaska’s North Slope.
Outside the bidding room high powered executives from big oil pace the hall in preparation to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR-A Sale Begins</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-sale-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/npr-a-sale-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmillen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The wonderful NPR-A

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		<title>Thread #2 Live Blogging of the NPR-A Lease Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/thread-2-live-blogging-of-the-npr-a-lease-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/thread-2-live-blogging-of-the-npr-a-lease-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Bureau of Land Management&#8217;s decision is part of a plan that sets aside more than 600,000 acres of land considered environmentally sensitive.
BLM will not open 219,000 acres of Teshekpuk Lake and its islands to oil and gas leasing. Another 430,000 acres north and east of the lake will be off limits for 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR-A Land On the Chopping Block&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/test-of-live-blog-site-for-npra-lease-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/test-of-live-blog-site-for-npra-lease-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmillen</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/test-of-live-blog-site-for-npra-lease-sale/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As oil and gas companies prepare to bid on 4.8 million acres of land in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), conservationists are raising concerns about vital wildlife habitat that could be harmed by oil and gas development.  Important habitat for many species of wildlife including the threatened spectacled eider, the Arctic peregrine falcon, the Teshekpuk [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/test-of-live-blog-site-for-npra-lease-sale/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Big Oil Uses Your Money to Corrupt Federal Regulators</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/big-oil-uses-your-money-to-corrupt-federal-regulators/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/big-oil-uses-your-money-to-corrupt-federal-regulators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[September 17, 2008: League-sponsored project, ShameOnBigOil.org, has the story:  The agency overseeing drilling offshore was recently found to be embroiled in the latest in a string of corruption scandals.  Fully one-third of the staff at Minerals Management Service has been accused of having sex, doing drugs, or taking money from Big Oil in return for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/big-oil-uses-your-money-to-corrupt-federal-regulators/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Save our seas: Drilling won&#8217;t mean a drop at the pump!</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/save-our-seas-drilling-wont-mean-a-drop-at-the-pump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/save-our-seas-drilling-wont-mean-a-drop-at-the-pump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/save-our-seas-drilling-wont-mean-a-drop-at-the-pump/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[September 3, 2008: With less than four months to go until the end of the Bush era, the administration is working harder than ever to give Big Oil as much of your public land and waters as they can.  They&#8217;re trying to open up new areas off our coasts to oil and gas development under [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/save-our-seas-drilling-wont-mean-a-drop-at-the-pump/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Why Wild: Taste of the Tongass</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/whywild/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/whywild/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 7, 2008, Alaska Wilderness League and Trout Unlimited hosted celebrity chefs at events across the country to cook up special salmon recipes featuring Alaska salmon from Tongass National Forest watersheds.  The event highlighted our campaign to educate Americans about how they can help protect and restore the Tongass by purchasing wild Alaskan salmon [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/whywild/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #285- August 7, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-285-august-7-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-285-august-7-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Alaska Wilderness League Offers Free Wild Salmon at &#8220;Taste of the Tongass&#8221; Events across the Country
Congress Takes a Break, Arctic Activists Get to Work
ShameOnBigOil.org Launches!


Alaska Wilderness League Offers Free Wild Salmon at &#8220;Taste of the Tongass&#8221; Events across the Country
Alaska Wilderness League and Trout Unlimited are hosting celebrity chefs at events across the country today [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-285-august-7-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/philly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/philly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Wilderness League and the Philadelphia Zoo have teamed up to bring photographer and author Steven Kazlowski to the Philadelphia Zoo. Steven&#8217;s recently published book &#8220;The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World&#8221; contains essays from leading environmentalists as well as Steven&#8217;s photographs which capture the arctic landscape and its residents as [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/philly/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Featured Opinion Articles</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/featured-opinion-articles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/featured-opinion-articles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Caroline Cannon: Study before drilling seas - Fairbanks News-Miner (May 13, 2009)
Craig Culp: The stain that keeps on giving - Alaska Dispatch (March 25, 2009)
David Torney: Delegation Should Protect ANWR - Albuquerque Journal (March 24, 2009)
Editorial: Lessons of the Exxon Valdez - The New York Times (March 23, 2009)
Liz VanDenzen: Exxon-Valdez: Environmental threat remains after [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/featured-opinion-articles/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Attend a local town hall meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/townhalls_aug08/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/townhalls_aug08/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich is back, helping Big Oil make its push to &#8220;Drill Here, Drill Now.&#8221;  The Republican leadership in Congress echoed their call this summer, pushing us closer to the permanent destruction of a national treasure in the Arctic Refuge, America&#8217;s Arctic, off our nation&#8217;s coasts, and other special places across the country.  But more [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/townhalls_aug08/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Record Profits for Big Oil Mean Record Gas Prices for Us</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/record-profits-for-big-oil-mean-record-gas-prices-for-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/record-profits-for-big-oil-mean-record-gas-prices-for-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/record-profits-for-big-oil-mean-record-gas-prices-for-us/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[August 4, 2008: Last week, Exxon reported second-quarter profits of $11.68 billion- the largest quarterly profit ever by a U.S. corporation.  Gas prices are through the roof, putting the pinch on our everyday lives.  Yet while American consumers choose between food and gas, Big Oil is raking it in.  And they&#8217;re telling us that the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/record-profits-for-big-oil-mean-record-gas-prices-for-us/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Arctic Refuge Sign-on Letter</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/refuge_sign_on_letter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/refuge_sign_on_letter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lvandenzen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Wilderness League is asking other organizations and businesses to sign on to this letter to Congress to demonstrate broad public support for protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other special places in America from the negative and permanent impact of oil and gas drilling.
To sign on to the letter, please send the information [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/refuge_sign_on_letter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Stop the &#8216;black gold&#8217; rush</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/stop-the-black-gold-rush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/stop-the-black-gold-rush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/stop-the-black-gold-rush/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since President Bush took office, gas prices have risen four-fold or more while oil profits are greater than for any industry at any time in the history of humankind.
And still Big Oil wants more.  
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is their target.  They can smell the profits just below the surface of the Alaskan coast [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/stop-the-black-gold-rush/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #282- June 26, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-282-june-26-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-282-june-26-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lvandenzen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Life, Liberty and Freedom from Big Oil
Supreme Court Reduces Exxon Valdez Punitive Damages
Arctic Refuge Day of Action: July 8th


Life, Liberty and Freedom from Big Oil
Our founders fought valiantly against the tyranny of greed and special interests.  On this Independence Day, we must renew that fight.  Massive oil companies are raking in billions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Wild Update #281- June 12, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wild-update-281-june-12-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wild-update-281-june-12-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lvandenzen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
President Bush Again Calls for Drilling in the Arctic Refuge
Drilling in the Arctic Refuge Won’t Help Current Gas Prices
Notes from Alaska: Chalkyitsik
Work for the League


President Bush Again Calls for Drilling in the Arctic Refuge
President Bush began this week by again calling on Congress to address rising gas prices by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wild-update-281-june-12-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Notes from Alaska: Chalkyitsik, Alaska</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-chalkyitsik-alaska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-chalkyitsik-alaska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lvandenzen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jeremiah Millen, BLM Field Representative
In May, I received a personal invitation to Chalkyitsik, Alaska by First Chief Willie Salmon to discuss the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) most recent Resource Management plan (RMP)- The Eastern Interior (RMP.)  The community of Chalkyitsik is a traditional Gwich&#8217;in Athabascan village located on the Black River about [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-chalkyitsik-alaska/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Polar Bear Grassroots Coordinator</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/polar-bear-grassroots-coordinator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/polar-bear-grassroots-coordinator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lvandenzen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Job Announcement
Alaska Wilderness League, headquartered in Washington, DC, has offices New England, the Midwest, the Southwest, and Alaska. Celebrating its 15th year, the League has significantly expanded its programs and staff to address the broad range of wilderness protection issues across Alaska.
Alaska Wilderness League, headquartered in Washington, DC, has offices New England, the Midwest, the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/polar-bear-grassroots-coordinator/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Alaska Wild Update #280- May 29, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wild-update-280-teshekpuk-lake-remains-protected-for-now-arctic-refuge-drilling-scheme-defeated-in-the-house-and-work-for-the-league/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wild-update-280-teshekpuk-lake-remains-protected-for-now-arctic-refuge-drilling-scheme-defeated-in-the-house-and-work-for-the-league/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 16:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lvandenzen</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wild-update-280-teshekpuk-lake-remains-protected-for-now-arctic-refuge-drilling-scheme-defeated-in-the-house-and-work-for-the-league/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Teshekpuk Lake Remains Protected- for now
Refuge Drilling Scheme Defeated in House
Work for the League


Teshekpuk Lake Remains Protected- for now
The Secretary of Interior recently announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would defer additional oil and gas leasing around Teshekpuk Lake in the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) for at least 10 years. The decision [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wild-update-280-teshekpuk-lake-remains-protected-for-now-arctic-refuge-drilling-scheme-defeated-in-the-house-and-work-for-the-league/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Take Action for Wilderness Quality Land in Alaska</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/eirmp_comments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/eirmp_comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/eirmp_comments/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Wilderness League needs support for responsible land management on all BLM lands and opposition to this Right of Way (ROW) through the White Mountains NRA.  
Comments can be submitted to the BLM until July 1, 2008 via email, phone, fax or letter. The best way to ensure effective commenting is through individually written letters as [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/eirmp_comments/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Caribou Migration Donation Page</title>
		<link>https://netcommunity.alaskawild.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=233&srcid=233</link>
		<comments>https://netcommunity.alaskawild.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=233&srcid=233#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Destroy Here? Destroy Now? Gone Forever!</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/president-bush-renews-call-for-drilling-in-the-arctic-refuge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/president-bush-renews-call-for-drilling-in-the-arctic-refuge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[July 14, 2008: FOLLOW THE MONEY. “American Solutions for Winning the Future” is the 527 organization behind Newt Gingrich’s “Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.” campaign. Founded in October 2006, the group’s stated mission was to create “a forum where citizens and elected officials could propose and discuss solutions to the problems affecting our society”. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/president-bush-renews-call-for-drilling-in-the-arctic-refuge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>This Earth Day, Do Something WILD for Alaska</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/this-earth-day-do-something-wild-for-alaska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/this-earth-day-do-something-wild-for-alaska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of this important and symbolic day, we suggest that you do something WILD for Alaska.
Want ideas?  Here are 10 fun things you can do to help the environment and support Alaska’s wilderness.
1)  Take a walk on the WILD side.  
Ditch your car and walk or ride your bike to work next week.  And [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/this-earth-day-do-something-wild-for-alaska/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #276 - April 3, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-276-april-3-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-276-april-3-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-276-april-3-2008/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Oil Industry Testifies Before Congress About Gas Prices and Offshore Drilling
Effects of Global Warming?  Polar Bear Travels Record Distance on Land
Notes from the Field:  A Real Polar Bear in Pennsylvania?


Oil Industry Testifies Before Congress About Gas Prices and Offshore Drilling
Big Oil has some big questions to answer.  As their profits continue to grow, so does [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-276-april-3-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Membership Renewal</title>
		<link>https://netcommunity.alaskawild.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=230&srcid=183</link>
		<comments>https://netcommunity.alaskawild.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=230&srcid=183#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>New Member Donation Form</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Polar Bear</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>American Public Supports Protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-named-one-of-america%e2%80%99s-seven-wonders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-named-one-of-america%e2%80%99s-seven-wonders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 9, 2008: Despite Big Oil’s multimillion-dollar campaign to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, the American public is not buying the idea that drilling will lower today’s high gas prices, according to a new national poll. The poll found that 55 percent of the American public supports continued protection for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matching Gift Company List</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/mgcompanylist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following companies match donations from their employees.  If your company is not on the list, please be sure to contact your HR department!  If you would like more information about Alaska Wilderness League&#8217;s Matching Gift Program, please contact our Director of Corporate Giving at (202) 544-5205.  Thanks!

ADOBE Systems
American Express Company
Black &#038; Decker Corporation
Boeing Company
Brainerd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #275 - March 21, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Alaska Senators’ Political Stunt Reinforces Need to Pass Arctic Refuge Wilderness Bill
Alaska Wilderness Week - 50 Activists Making a Difference in DC


Alaska Senators’ Political Stunt Reinforces Need to Pass Arctic Refuge Wilderness Bill
Drilling proponents in Congress just don’t seem to get it.  After years of failed back-door attempts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #274 - March 7, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-274-march-7-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Administration Seeks More Logging in the Tongass
Oil Companies Bid on Tracts in the Chukchi Sea’s Polar Bear Habitat
Notes from Alaska: Among Polar Bears


Administration Seeks More Logging in the Tongass
The Bush administration recently announced its intention to log some of the most significant roadless areas of the Tongass.  The decision was in response to a court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Senate Bill Threatens the Arctic Refuge &#8212; Your Help Needed!</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/another-bill-threatens-the-arctic-refuge-your-help-needed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/another-bill-threatens-the-arctic-refuge-your-help-needed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, March 13, Senators Murkowski (R-AK) and Stevens (R-AK) introduced legislation that would open the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling if the world price of oil reaches $125 a barrel for five days.
The drilling legislation does not have a serious chance of passing and becoming law.  
But this latest ruse does remind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From Alaska - Sharing our Alaskan Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-telling-alaskas-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Betsy Beardsley,  Environmental Justice Program Director, Alaska Wilderness League
When I was in high school I spent the summer before my senior year as a tour guide on the Alaska Railroad.  The Alaska Railroad begins in Seward, on the shores of Resurrection Bay near the Gulf of Alaska, and stretches 500 miles north through Anchorage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil Companies Bid on Prime Polar Bear Habitat</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/oil-drilling-threats-on-chukchi-seas-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/oil-drilling-threats-on-chukchi-seas-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, February 6, the Bush administration offered nearly 30 million acres of prime polar bear habitat to oil companies.  Now home to polar bears, whales, and walruses, Alaska’s Chukchi Sea will soon be at the mercy of the oil and gas industry. 
Alaska Wilderness League staff was blogging live at the lease sale in Anchorage.  Check it out [...]]]></description>
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