President Clinton vetoed it. The Alaska Federation of Natives supports ANWR leasing because it will provide needed revenues to help them escape Third World living conditions. Numerous other states and national organizations support our proposal because they know that ANWR leasing can be done in a manner to protect the environment and the economic health of our nation. New data says no. Four major herds migrate along the North Slope.
Populations rise and fall by natural cycles.
Of note, the Porcupine and Western Arctic herds do NOT migrate or calve near existing oilfields. The Teshekpuk and Central herds do. This flies in the face of Gwich in Indian rhetoric that insists calving must occur over oil accumulations. In fact, the agency said that Greenpeace is actually causing harm by sending people into poverty as a result of their activism. Those who argued against lifting the ban on exporting Alaska oil said it would lead to high exports.