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Originally presented to Congress on March 28, 2001, this book brings together the latest word from key conservation leaders as well as firsthand accounts by Alaska residents on how they and neighboring wildlife would be affected should oil drilling proceed according to current plans. The book includes original pieces by Jimmy Carter, Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, Bill McKibben, Scott Russell Sanders, Rick Bass, and Terry Tempest Williams. All royalties from sales of Arctic Refuge ? and an additional contribution from Milkweed Editions ? will go to the Alaska Conservation Foundation.
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Thirty-two writers answered a call by the editors in January, 2001 to protest government talk of drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. These short, powerful statements were written to influence government officials and indeed, 800 copies of this collection were distributed to Congress. Jimmy Carter stresses the historic bipartisan preservation of the Arctic Refuge (in which drilling is banned until Congress votes otherwise), Bill McKibben speaks against fueling global warming and twice-killing Arctic caribou, Scott Russell Sanders compares the Refuge in space to the Sabbath in time, and Terry Tempest Williams cites restraint as the most powerful "act" of all. No index, notes, or bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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