Sorry Tom to take so long to respond. Glacier Bay is a World Heritage protected National Park--permanently protected by an Act of Congress.. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and all Refuges are already open to hunting, fishing. They are managed by different government entities. Refuges are managed by US Fish and Wildlife and Parks are managed by the park Service. Lawmakers want to begin opening our protected parks to development. Simple as that. Phyllis

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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