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ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: TESHEKPUK LAKE
Sep 4, 2007
Focus: Endangered Species
Action Request: Petition
Location: United States
Teshekpuk in the state of Alaska is a vast network of lagoons,deep lakes,wet meadows and river deltas that cover much of the Arctic Coastal Plain. The lake is of particular importance to the Inupiat people who have hunting and fishing camps alont the shore. Over 25,000 caribou live and calve on the southwestern lakeshore. The lake is also very important to migratory birds.

OIL AND GAS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO THIS PRISTINE ECOSYSTEM.  http://www.sierraclub.org/arctic/   PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TO STOP THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION NOW !
TESHEKPUK LAKE MUST REMAIN ENTACT FOR  THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND ALL ANIMAL SPECIES WHO HAVE FOR CENTURIES RELIED UPON IT'S  SAFE COASTAL SHORES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
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