In the third in a series of blogs from the Arctic, biologist Steve Zack, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, explains how he and other scientists are assessing key
wildlife habitats within the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve, a remote area in northern Alaska that could soon be opened to oil and gas drilling. The U.S. Department of Interior is expected to rule within a year on which parts of the reserve can be developed and which, if any, should be protected.
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