Arctic Refuge A Circle of Testimony

by Lentfer, Hank; Servid, Carolyn

• ISBN13: 9781571312648
• ISBN10: 1571312641
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-26
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions

Summary

Originally presented to Congress on March 28, 2001, this book brings together the latest word from key conservation leaders as well as firsthand accounts by Alaska residents on how they and neighboring wildlife would be affected should oil drilling proceed according to current plans. The book includes original pieces by Jimmy Carter, Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, Bill McKibben, Scott Russell Sanders, Rick Bass, and Terry Tempest Williams. All royalties from sales of Arctic Refuge — and an additional contribution from Milkweed Editions — will go to the Alaska Conservation Foundation.

Table of Contents

A Call to Gather	p. x
We Are the Ones Who Have Everything to Lose	p. 3
A Presidential Perspective	p. 6
A Congressional Perspective	p. 9
Tea with Mardy	p. 11
Letter to the President	p. 14
Turning	p. 15
Endangered Peoples	p. 19
Hey Mom, What Does Refuge Mean?	p. 24
Century's Theme	p. 27
It's a R-E-F-U-G-E	p. 31
Arctic Refuge: Polar Bears and Seismic Testing	p. 33
Polar Bear Protection	p. 37
Warnings of a Wildlife Biologist	p. 40
The Conundrum of Caribou Complexity	p. 43
Caribou Story	p. 48
Of Caribou and Carbon	p. 52
Junk: The Entropy of Imagination	p. 56
Lessons of the Exxon Valdez	p. 61
Another Country	p. 64
Leaving a Legacy	p. 66
In the Eyes of a Wolf	p. 71
A Declaration Opposing Oil Development in the Arctic Refuge	p. 75
Adolescence	p. 76
The Color of Choice	p. 83
Ships on Shoals and the Winter of Two Suns	p. 86
Covenant	p. 90
Hell, No. Of Course Not. But ...	p. 93
Engines and Empire	p. 96
One Moderate's Heart	p. 97
Wilderness As a Sabbath for the Land	p. 101
Wild Mercy	p. 105
Afterword	p. 106
Contributors	p. 109
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