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In Montana, The Next Arctic Refuge Debate

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
31 October 2003 - 4:00am

The Montana Front lands join America's heated debate over energy production and wildlife.

"Modern conservationists call this wild country 'the American Serengeti.' But unlike the African Serengeti, Montana's Rocky Mountain Front, a 100-mile stretch of glacier-sculpted peaks and valleys held by the US Forest Service and the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has only temporary protection against oil and gas drilling... That could change. In a debate starkly reminiscent of the battle over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the Montana Front lands are the latest to join America's heated debate over energy production and wildlife."

Full Story: In Montana, the next Arctic Refuge debate
Source: The Christian Science Monitor, October 30, 2003
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