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Originally Posted by raytri
You're now raising a different point than the OP. Do you agree that Boehner's statement ("there's no wildlife there") is astoudingly ignorant?
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Now come on. Cutting out most of what he actually said and using just a phrase to make it look as if he was making a definitive statement is a bit disingenuous, isn't it? Here's what he said:
"We're going to look at this barren, Arctic desert where I'm hoping to see some wildlife," Boehner said. "But I understand there's none there. But I'm still going to look for it. If I find any, I'll let you know."
So, clearly he's talking about the barren Artic desert part which is under discussion for drilling in. A very tiny part of the entire thing.
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Originally Posted by raytri
Moving on:
Just to address this claim, here's a scientific link:
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/a...ouscience.html
The Prudhoe Bay herd was tiny to begin with, the oil fields *do* disrupt calving (caribou avoid the oil fields and coped by moving their calving grounds elsewhere), and the herd has stopped growing -- possibly because it has reached the limit of its reduced calving area.
The ANWR herds, meanwhile, are much more concentrated on their calving grounds, so moving them may not be an option. Particularly because the current calving grounds are almost predator-free, and moving them will result in decreased calf survival because of predators, separate from any decreases because of the disruption. |
So.....you honestly think these Caribou live in this desert area?