anwr there seemed to be two distinct areas one the most majestic, beautiful mountain ranges, fabulous. then the coastal plain we are showing that video now it is about 30 to 60 miles south of the coastline. which doesn t look like there s much going on there. and i m told, correct me if i m wrong, that the drilling would just able small portion of is that wrong? i think it is wrong on a couple of points. first of all, the coastal plain of the arctic refuge is about 1.5 million acres considered by the scientists to be the biological heart of that refuge. in a two week period in the summer the porcupine caribou herd calves and they have 35,000 babies in that two week period on the coastal plain you have over 160 species of birds. in every state of your viewers there s a bird that spends some portion of their life
anwr there seemed to be two distinct areas one the most majestic, beautiful mountain ranges, fabulous. then the coastal plain we are showing that video now it is about 30 to 60 miles south of the coastline. which doesn t look like there s much going on there. and i m told, correct me if i m wrong, that the drilling would just able small portion of is that wrong? i think it is wrong on a couple of points. first of all, the coastal plain of the arctic refuge is about 1.5 million acres considered by the scientists to be the biological heart of that refuge. in a two week period in the summer the porcupine caribou herd calves and they have 35,000 babies in that two week period on the coastal plain you have over 160 species of birds. in every state of your viewers there s a bird that spends some portion of their life