While Sarah Palin hails Salazar's support of Bush's plan to eliminate gas
and oil from protection for the Polar Bear and global warming under the
Endangered Species Act, the Bureau of Land Management's Arctic Field Office
announced on April 30 that tundra travel in the National Petroleum Reserve is
prohibited until next winter beginning today (Friday, May 1)
Ice roads and snow packed trails have become soft and
impassable. All stream crossings have been breached according to a BLM
press release. For more information, call Mike Worley at 474-2309 or the
Arctic Field Office at 474-2200.
From: Center for Biological Diversity
Subject: Breaking News: Salazar
Says No to Protecting Polar Bear