Column: Tell Trump to leave the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge alone
The Columbus Dispatch
During the summer of 1990, while camping on the Okpilak River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, I received a visit from former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn. He had read my book, “Midnight Wilderness,” and wanted to meet me. They arrived in a helicopter with Secret Service agents who watched for bears. I took them fishing with my daughters and sister.
On that memorable trip, the Carters witnessed the migration of the Porcupine caribou herd on the coastal plain. Tens of thousands of caribou with month-old calves flooded the tundra before them. Astonished and deeply moved, President Carter understood why many had described this special birthplace as “America’s Serengeti.”