Tom,  the good news is the new Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan is expected soon, and we will get this kind of information!  I will be getting a copy as assured me by U.S. Fish and Wildlife.  The following notice I received 6-30-11/  Phyllis
The CCP (Comprehensive Conservation Plan) is the document that guides long-term management of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The public review draft of the revised CCP and Draft Environmental Impact Statement is expected soon. We will send you an email on the date of release.

Thank you for your continued interest in Arctic Refuge and the CCP planning process.

Sharon Seim
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Arctic NWR
101 12th Avenue, Room 236
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 456-0501
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Phyllis,
 
Could you compare and contrast this egg-gathering proposal with the subsistence hunting of caribou that takes place in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Is the caribou kill there limited to a certain number? (I don't call it "harvesting"--that's manipulative misuse of language.)
 
Note: from Wikipedia we learn that the human population of the Refuge is only about 400, in an area of about 19,000,000 acres.
 
Thanks,
Tom
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