Drilling for Oil in the Drilling for Oil in the Artic National Artic National Wildlife RefugeWildlife Refuge

Secretary of Secretary of the Interiorthe Interior

Gale NortonGale Norton

LOWERING AMERICA’S RELIANCE ON LOWERING AMERICA’S RELIANCE ON FOREIGN OILFOREIGN OIL

Section 1002 of Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act required the Department of Interior to prepare a report to Congress that:

(1) identified areas on the coastal plain of ANWR with oil and gas production potential

(2)estimate the volume of the oil and gas

(3) recommend whether Congress should permit further oil and gas exploration and development in ANWR. It also required the Department of Interior to use techniques other than drilling well to evaluate the oil and gas potential of ANWR.

Wildlife in the 1002 areaWildlife in the 1002 area

• Porcupine Caribou

• Muskoxen

• Polar Bears

• 146 Bird Species

• 8 Species of Marine Mammals

• 7 Species of Freshwater Fish

• 62 Species of Coastal Fish

REASONS TO SUPPORT REASONS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN ANWRDEVELOPMENT IN ANWR

1. Only 8% of ANWR Would Be 1. Only 8% of ANWR Would Be Considered for Exploration. Considered for Exploration.

2. Economic Impact 2. Economic Impact 3. America's Best Chance for a 3. America's Best Chance for a

Major Discovery Major Discovery 4. North Slope Production in 4. North Slope Production in

DeclineDecline 5. No Negative Impact on Animals5. No Negative Impact on Animals 6. Arctic Technology6. Arctic Technology 7. Alaskans Support 7. Alaskans Support

Residents SupportResidents Support• The Inupiat Eskimo people are subsistence hunters The Inupiat Eskimo people are subsistence hunters

and users of the North Slope’s fish and wildlife and users of the North Slope’s fish and wildlife resources.resources.

• North Slope Inupiat Eskimo Jacob Adams, President North Slope Inupiat Eskimo Jacob Adams, President of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation said "Our of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation said "Our people have carefully observed oil and gas people have carefully observed oil and gas development at Prudhoe Bay and on the North Slope development at Prudhoe Bay and on the North Slope and its impact on fish and wildlife resources. It is and its impact on fish and wildlife resources. It is our judgment, based upon close personal experience our judgment, based upon close personal experience that we can have balanced and carefully regulated that we can have balanced and carefully regulated oil exploration and development on the Coastal oil exploration and development on the Coastal Plain. We can preserve the environment and the Plain. We can preserve the environment and the resources or ANWR and still provide economic and resources or ANWR and still provide economic and energy security benefits to our people and the energy security benefits to our people and the nation.”nation.”

New Jobs Created by ANWR

Manufacturing 128,000Mining 84,000Trade 225,000Services 145,000Construction 135,000Finance, Insurance, & 19,000Real Estate Total 736,000

ANWR MYTHS

1. 95% of Alaska’s Arctic coast is open to oil and gas development.

2. The Coastal Plain may have only a 200 day supply of oil. That is not worth developing.

3. ANWR’s oil will be exported, and will not reduce our dependency on foreign oil.

4. Alaskan oil development is environmentally damaging

5. Coastal Plain is unspoiled wilderness, an Arctic Serengeti