At least this will Help Wolves….
President Obama’s proposal to ban oil and gas drilling in a vast area of the Arctic would protect a plethora of endangered wildlife threatened by climate change.
Speaking en route to India Sunday from Air Force One, President Obama exhorted federal lawmakers to give another 12.3 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska federal “wilderness” status.
“Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge is an incredible place—pristine, undisturbed,” he said. “It supports caribou and polar bears, all manner of marine life, countless species of birds and fish, and for centuries it supported many Alaska Native communities.”
Since seven million acres of the refuge are already classified as wilderness, this move would put nearly the entire refuge of 19.8 million acres under the federal government’s highest level of protection for federal lands.
via Obama’s Arctic Wilderness Move Would Protect Endangered Polar Bears and Wolves | TakePart.