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	<title>Alaska Wilderness League</title>
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	<description>Your Land. Your Voice.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<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>
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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>
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		<title>President Bush Renews Call for Drilling in the Arctic Refuge</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>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 29, 2008:  Proving that pro-drillers will stop at nothing, President Bush called on Congress today to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. 
President Bush makes the false argument that planting oil rigs in our nation&#8217;s preeminent wildlife refuge would significantly lower the price of gas.  We know that this is not true.  What [...]]]></description>
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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>
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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>
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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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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>
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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>
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		<title>New Member Donation Form</title>
		<link>https://netcommunity.alaskawild.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=229&srcid=229</link>
		<comments>https://netcommunity.alaskawild.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=229&srcid=229#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Polar Bear</title>
		<link>https://netcommunity.alaskawild.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=228&srcid=228</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Named One of America’s Seven Wonders</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>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling it wild like no other place in America, ABC News Good Morning America has named the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge one of the &#8220;7 wonders of America.&#8221; The show highlighted the Refuge’s majestic views and untouched wilderness – despite the fact that the Bush administration continues to push for oil drilling that would destroy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matching Gift Company List</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/mgcompanylist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/mgcompanylist/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-275-march-21-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-275-march-21-2008/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-274-march-7-2008/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-telling-alaskas-stories/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>Notes from Alaska: Traveling to Grayling and Alaska’s Longest River</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-traveling-to-grayling-and-alaska%e2%80%99s-longer-river/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-traveling-to-grayling-and-alaska%e2%80%99s-longer-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeremiah Millen, Alaska Wilderness League’s BLM Field Representative
In February, I was invited to represent Alaska Wilderness League’s BLM Wildlands Program and share information about regional BLM planning activities at the Yukon River Fisheries Drainage Association’s (YRDFA) annual meeting in Grayling Alaska.   The Athabaskan village of Grayling located on a remote stretch of the Yukon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lease Sale 193- Summary Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-summary-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-summary-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[4:30
The lease sale ended ealier this afternoon.  Alaska Wilderness League staff, collegues from the group Pacific Environment and Leaders from Point Hope finished the day together with a nice meal to talk about next steps. 
Here are a few highlights of today&#8217;s activities:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you for tuning into the Chuckchi live blog coverag with Alaska Wilderness League!

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		<title>Summary of final results</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/summary-of-final-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/summary-of-final-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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667 bids
488 blocks.  Each block is 3 miles by 3 miles.
7 companies in total.
$3,389,919,496 total bids
$2,662,059,883 total high bids (That is $2.6 billion - that is higher than the previous high of about $2.1 billion in the 1980s.)
Highest bid $105,304,581 block 6763 by Shell
More detailed information of the lease sale results can be found at Minerals Management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lease Sale 193- Thread #7- Visiting Writer Rachel James</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-7-visiting-writer-rachel-james/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-7-visiting-writer-rachel-james/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12:13 P.M.
Visiting Writer: Rachel James, Pacific Environment, Anchorage (http://http://www.pacificenvironment.org/)
We are in hour 3 of the lease sale and I wanted to make a note about one of the &#8216;new kids on the block&#8217;.  No one is surprised to hear that Shell and Conoco are majors that are bidding, but the name StatoilHydro is not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lease Sale 193- Thread #6</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 11:50 Just back from another break
Wow! We are now getting into the high stake numbers.  As I started to type this post a bid was annonced for $26 Million, we now just heard additional bids for Shell (block 6815) and Conoco Phillips exceeding $ 81 million.  
Just outside Betsy Beardsley, the Director of Alaska Wilderness League&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lease Sale 193- Thread #5</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 11:20 P.M.
We had a chance to check in with friends and collegues during the break.  It is amazing how incredibly cold the whole bidding process is.  Pieces of our  most pristine waters sold off to the highest bidder without taking the appropriate steps for protecting the marine life from potential oil spills and other harmful activities.  Several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lease Sale 193- Thread #4</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bidding process has gone on now for about an hour.  The auctioneer just called for a short break so participants can stretch thier legs. 
In the last post I mentioned that Shell Oil (Gulf of Mexico incorporated) has dominated the bidding process over other competitors such as Conoco Phillips.  It is important to mention that citizen activists across the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lease Sale 193- Thread #3</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lease sale has begun with a special opening presentation from Minerals Management Service (Department of Interior) Director Randall Luthi who travelled to Anchorage for the Lease Sale from Washington DC. This is not standard to have the head of the agency introduce a lease sale. In his opening remarks presentation he reassured the public that oil and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lease Sale 193- Thread #2</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/lease-sale-193-thread-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category>Lease Sale 193</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just minutes before the lease sale is to begin reporters were able contact Native leaders from Point Hope to discuss concerns.  Recently, coalition of environmental organizations and Inupiaq native groups filed suit in federal court in Anchorage to force the Interior Dept. to do a new analysis of the environmental consequences of oil and gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Coverage of Lease Sale 193- Thread #1</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/live-coverage-of-lease-sale-193-thread-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/live-coverage-of-lease-sale-193-thread-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category>Lease Sale 193</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska- This morning crowds are gathered outside the Loussacc public library in -12 degree temperatures to voice strong opposition to Department of Interior&#8217;s (DOI) controversial Lease Sale 193, comprising nearly 30 million acres of pristine waters in the Chukchi Sea of Alaska.   Protestors included Natve leaders from Point Hope Alaska, Directors from Conservation Organizations and members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #273 - January 24, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-273-january-24-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-273-january-24-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Rep Markey’s Select Committee Holds Hearing on Polar Bears and Drilling Plans
The Sun Has Risen in the Arctic; Let the Sun Set On Bad Drilling Ideas
Taking Alaska Wilderness to Sundance Film Festival


Rep Markey’s Select Committee Holds Hearing on Polar Bears and Drilling Plans
On Thursday, January 17, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Protect the Polar Bear Seas</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/polarbearseas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/polarbearseas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take Action For the Polar Bears!
Around the country, groups of people are protesting the February 6 oil and gas lease sale in the Chukchi Sea.  From the streets of New Jersey to the icy sidewalks of Anchorage, Alaska, individuals are showing up at Shell oil stations with polar bear masks protesting the company&#8217;s interest in oil exploration in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from Alaska: Among Polar Bears</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-among-polar-bears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-among-polar-bears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category>Alaska Blog News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Betsy Beardsley, Arctic Environmental Justice Program Director, Alaska Wilderness League
I’ve never seen a polar bear in the wild.  Being one of the lucky few to travel to remote arctic villages for work, I used to hope that I’d see one in its natural habitat. 
On a recent trip to Pt. Hope, polar bears had been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From Alaska</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Alaska Blog News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We Cannot Wait Until Tomorrow - What&#8217;s At Stake With Bristol Bay 
By Norman Anderson
Norman Anderson is of Aleut decent, born in Naknek, Bristol Bay.  He is the youngest son of Edward J Anderson of Akutan, and Alma E Anderson of Ugashik.  He is a commercial fisherman and lives a subsistence lifestyle as taught by the elders. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #272 - January 10, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-272-january-10-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-272-january-10-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Bush Administration Set to Offer Chukchi Sea to Oil Industry
Bristol Bay Resource Management Plan Threatens Region’s Wilderness and Wildlife Values
Alaska Wilderness Week - Bring Your Voice to Washington, DC in March


Bush Administration Set to Offer Chukchi Sea to Oil Industry
Wednesday, January 2, 2008, the Bush administration moved a step closer in its bid to open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #271 - December 20, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-271-december-20-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-271-december-20-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Alaska Wilderness League’s Wilderness Wish List
The League Launches New BLM Campaign in Anchorage


Alaska Wilderness League’s Wilderness Wish List
Congress left for the holidays last night after finally reaching a compromise with President Bush over contentious appropriations bills.  As members of Congress now head home with this year&#8217;s work behind them, their constituents have started contacting them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign News: Arctic Wilderness Act Introduced in Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/arctic-refuge-wilderness-bill-introduced-in-the-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/arctic-refuge-wilderness-bill-introduced-in-the-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 7, 2007, Sen. Lieberman reintroduced S.2316, the Arctic Wilderness Act. Sen. Lieberman introduced the bill with 25 original cosponsors, marking the largest number of original cosponsors that this legislation has ever received.
With the bill&#8217;s introduction in the Senate, there is now legislation in both chambers of Congress that would permanently protect the Coastal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From Alaska</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/notes-from-alaska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Alaska Blog News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Returning to Lake Iliamna To Understand Pebble Mine Controversy
By Betsy Beardsley, Arctic Environmental Justice Program Director
My father spent his career as a hunting and fishing guide in Alaska.  His guiding business started from a small log cabin outpost on the Kenai River that he and my mom built in the 1970&#8217;s.  Over time, he accrued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #270 - December 6, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-270-december-6-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-270-december-6-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Congress and YOU Send Administration Clear Message:  Protect the Polar Bear Seas and Teshekpuk Lake!
Court to Rule on Shell’s Plan to Drill offshore of Arctic Refuge
Happy Birthday to the Arctic Refuge!


Congress and YOU Send Administration Clear Message:  Protect the Polar Bear Seas and Teshekpuk Lake!
Over the past year, we have witnessed increasing momentum in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From Alaska</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/lessons-from-the-western-arctic-caribou-herd-working-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/lessons-from-the-western-arctic-caribou-herd-working-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Alaska Blog News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lessons from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Working Group
By Betsy Beardsley, Arctic Environmental Justice Program Director
The Western Arctic Caribou Herd is the largest caribou herd in Alaska, with a population of over 500,000.  Its range is the entire northwest quarter of Alaska, spanning an area about the size of Montana.  Over 40 Alaska Native villages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #269 - November 1, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-269-november-1-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-269-november-1-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The Fight to Include Tongass Subsidy Amendment in Final Interior Appropriations Bill
Alaska Natives Travel to DC to Challenge Drilling Plans
Notes From the Field: A Polar Bear at the New Jersey EcoFair


The Fight to Include Tongass Subsidy Amendment in Final Interior Appropriations Bill
Although the congressional session is nearing its end, Congress has yet to send any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Wild Giving Society</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/givingsociety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/givingsociety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alaska Wild Giving Society has been formed within Alaska Wilderness League to bring together and recognize those who through their generous gifts lead the effort to preserve the Alaska wilderness.  Through Society members’ financial support we are able to be courageous, constant, and ultimately victorious in our endeavor to protect Alaska from the destructive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patagonia Doing Its Part to Protect the Arctic Refuge</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/patagonia-doing-its-part-to-protect-the-arctic-refuge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/patagonia-doing-its-part-to-protect-the-arctic-refuge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, Patagonia has partnered with conservation organizations such as Alaska Wilderness League to help protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  This fall is no exception.  Not only is their latest catalogue all about the Arctic Refuge, Patagonia has also set up educational displays about the Refuge in their stores across the country. 
Patagonia is also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #268 - October 18, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-268/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-268/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Arctic Refuge Wilderness Bill to be Introduced in the Senate
The First Voice of the Wild: Honoring Joel Connelly


Arctic Refuge Wilderness Bill to be Introduced in the Senate
In less than two weeks, Senator Lieberman (I-CT) will introduce a bill in the U.S. Senate that would permanently protect the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing Southeast Alaska for the First Time</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/seeing-southeast-alaska-for-the-first-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/seeing-southeast-alaska-for-the-first-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Alaska Blog News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Liz VanDenzen, Director of Field Operations, Alaska Wilderness League
Published online on October 25, 2007
Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Southeast Alaska for the first time, specifically to the state’s capital, Juneau. I was worried that I wouldn’t actually get to see Southeast because it is the rainy season in the nation’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Wilderness League Events in the Field</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wilderness-league-events-in-the-field/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-wilderness-league-events-in-the-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[August - September, 2007:  Tree Planting Events for the Tongass
The 100! for 100! Trees for the Tongass is a nationwide campaign to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska – America’s Rainforest (read more about the Tongass here).  Alaska Wilderness League organizers and volunteers around the country amied to plant 100 seedlings across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #267 - October 4, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-267-october-4-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-267-october-4-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Senate Asking Administration to Protect the Polar Bear Seas
Wilderness Bill for the Tongass National Forest Introduced in the House
Notes from the Field: The Field Comes to DC for Alaska Wilderness Week


Senate Asking Administration to Protect the Polar Bear Seas
On Monday, October 1, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) circulated a letter to his colleagues urging them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Joel Connelly:  Voice of the Wild</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/celebrating-joel-connelly-voice-of-the-wild/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/celebrating-joel-connelly-voice-of-the-wild/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, October 15, Alaska Wilderness League honored Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist and champion of Alaska protection.  For more than three decades, Joel has stood as a watchdog over the amazing public lands of Alaska.  We presented Joel with the first ever Voice of the Wild Award, in recognition of his work to promote greater awareness of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating 100 Years of America&#8217;s Largest National Forest</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/celebrating-100-years-of-americas-largest-national-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/celebrating-100-years-of-americas-largest-national-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 100! for 100! Trees for the Tongass is a nationwide campaign to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska – America’s Rainforest. We will plant 100 seedlings across the nation in celebration of this centennial event. Be a part of the celebration, and leave a legacy by planting a tree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #266 - September 6, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-266-september-6-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-266-september-6-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The Administration Moves Closer to Opening Teshekpuk Lake to Oil and Gas Leasing
With a Little Help From Our Friends: How Patagonia is Helping to Save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Drink Coffee, Save Alaska?

 
The Administration Moves Closer to Opening Teshekpuk Lake to Oil and Gas Leasing
Monday, August 20, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/your-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/your-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for sharing your pictures with us.  Keep coming back to view more!
   



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		<title>Trees for the Tongass: Celebrating 100 Years of America’s Largest National Forest</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/trees-for-the-tongass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/trees-for-the-tongass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 100! for 100! Trees for the Tongass is a nationwide campaign to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska – America’s Rainforest (read more about the Tongass here). We will plant 100 seedlings across the nation in celebration of this centennial event. Be a part of the celebration, and leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #265 - August 16, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-265-august-16-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-265-august-16-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Victory in the Arctic Waters: Courts Stop Shell Oil From Drilling this Year in Beaufort Sea
Spills Adding up on Alaska’s North Slope
Experiencing Alaska: Exploring the Threatened Western Arctic


Victory in the Arctic Waters:  Courts Stop Shell Oil From Drilling this Year in Beaufort Sea
On Wednesday, August 15, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Alaska Wilderness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A long, loud howl</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/a-long-loud-howl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/a-long-loud-howl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Shreffler, published August 14, 2007

June 2007 - Utukok River, Western Arctic, Alaska
The softness and saturation of arctic light is a photographer’s dreamscape.  Photography here is like painting with light.  The endless tundra is the canvas; the ever changing light the palette that conveys the mood of the landscape, bracketed by the serendipitous swishes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #264 - July 19, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-264-july-19-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-264-july-19-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Bush Administration Preparing First Lease Sale in Chukchi Sea
Notes from the Field: Mascot Madness in Pennsylvania
SAVE THE DATE: Free Reception for Wild Alaska in Washington, DC


Bush Administration Preparing First Lease Sale in Chukchi Sea
With the administration’s new 5-year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing now in effect, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is preparing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The League&#8217;s Kate Greiner: &#8220;Report from the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/the-leagues-kate-greiner-report-from-the-coastal-plain-of-the-arctic-refuge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/the-leagues-kate-greiner-report-from-the-coastal-plain-of-the-arctic-refuge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Alaska Blog News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DAY 1 (June 7, 2007):  
This was my first time in Alaska and I was excited to see one of its most celebrated, yet most controversial wilderness areas—the 1002.  It took two bush planes to get us there from Fairbanks.  One from Fairbanks to Coldfoot and another from Coldfoot to our camping spot on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #263 - June 21, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-263-june-21-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-263-june-21-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
House Vote on Tongass Subsidy Amendment Pushed Back Until Next Week
Alaskan Senators Try to Force Arctic Refuge Drilling into Senate Energy Bill
Notes From the Field:  This summer season, combine great music, and great fun with taking “action” to protect Alaska’s wild lands. What could be better?


 
House Vote on Tongass Subsidy Amendment Pushed Back Until Next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #262 - June 7, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-262-june-7-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-262-june-7-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Tongass National Forest Vote Expected Next Week in the House
5-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan Draws Concerns from Whalers
Notes from the Field: The Spirit of Conservative Conservation and a Polar Bear in Michigan


 
Tongass National Forest Vote Expected Next Week in the House
Just one week from today, on Thursday, June 14, Representatives Robert Andrews (D-NJ) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #261 - May 17, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-261-may-17-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-261-may-17-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
As Plans in South NPR-A Halt, Threats to Teshekpuk Lake Reemerge
Alaska Oil Industry and Political Corruption Scandal Continues
Notes from the Field:  Song of the Arctic Refuge &#8212; A Twilight Celebration of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

 
As Plans in South NPR-A Halt, Threats to Teshekpuk Lake Reemerge
For seven years the Bush administration has consistently pushed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #260 - May 3, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-260-may-3-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-260-may-3-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 16:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
New Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan Released; Targets Alaska’s Untouched Waters
Following Public Comment Period, Congress to Address Management of the Tongass
Notes from the Field: NJ Youth Standing Tall for Wild Alaska


 
New Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan Released; Targets Alaska’s Untouched Waters
On Monday, April 30, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) released an expansive 5-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #259 - April 19, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-259-april-19-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-259-april-19-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Comment Period About to Close for New Tongass Land Management Plan
Shell Faces Fight Over Exploration Plans off Arctic Refuge&#8217;s Coast
Polar Bear Comment Period Generates Record Response
Notes From the Field: Building Support for Wild Alaska in Oshkosh, Wisconsin


Comment Period About to Close for New Tongass Land Management Plan

There are under two weeks left for the public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Blog: &#8220;Report from Dillingham, Alaska&#8221; 04-25-07</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-blog-04-25-07/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-blog-04-25-07/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Alaska Blog News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I flew on a small two-engine turboprop plane with 7 Russians and Earl and Robert from the North Slope. We are staying between the villages of Naknek and King Salmon, in Bristol Bay. Norman Anderson picked us up in his tattered jeep, transporting everyone from the dusty runway to our accommodations back and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaska-blog-04-25-07/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Natives worried about Shell plan</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/natives-worried-about-shell-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/natives-worried-about-shell-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Environmental Justice News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Natives worried about Shell plan - Associated Press - 2/23/2007
Alaska Natives and several environmental groups are protesting Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#8217;s plan to conduct offshore exploration drilling in the Beaufort Sea.
The groups say federal officials should have allowed a more thorough public evaluation of the potential impact on the environment and the North Slope&#8217;s indigenous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress to feel heat from North</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/congress-to-feel-heat-from-north/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/congress-to-feel-heat-from-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Environmental Justice News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News - 3/20/2007 - Alex DeMarban
Blaming a hotter planet for endangering their lives and culture, more than 125 Alaska Native organizations have signed a resolution urging Congress to take stronger action to combat global warming.

Several village leaders plan to give the resolution, which asks for a mandatory cap on greenhouse gas emissions, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #258 - April 5, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-258-april-5-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-258-april-5-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Climate Crisis Action Day Brings Thousands to Capitol Hill
Supreme Court Rules That Government Can Regulate CO²


Quote of the Week:
&#8220;We are approaching critical, political mass for taking bold steps this Congress to address the twin problems of global warming and energy independence. We now have industry and business leaders, the scientific community, and politicians from both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlaskaWild Update #256 - March 1, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-256-march-1-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alaskawild.org/alaskawild-update-256-march-1-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlaskaWild</dc:creator>
		
		<category>AlaskaWild News</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Bush Administration Gives Ok to Shell to Drill off the Coast of the Arctic Refuge
Alaska&#8217;s North Slope Borough Sues Interior over Planned Lease Sale
And More Ocean Drilling - State of Alaska Approves Drilling in State Waters of Bristol Bay
Further Updates


Quote of the Week:
&#8220;Our identity as a people and our cultural survival depends on a clean [...]]]></description>
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