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My rst visit to the Alaska Wilderness League (AWL) oce in Washington, DC was in 2001. I was there to show my winter photos rom the Arctic National Wildlie Reuge to members o the US Congress. There, I met Cindy Shogan,executive director o AWL—a down-to-earth, dedicated conservationist. I had just returned rom the Arctic Reuge and had not yet adjusted to the hustle andbustle o modern lie, and denitely not to the AWL atmosphere I experienced,which reminded me o a bazaar in India. Activists had come rom all over thecountry: everyone was on the phone talking to some staf member o a sena-tor or member o the House, to set up a meeting; everyone could hear whateveryone else was saying—a large common area with some partitions. There, Ibegan to learn “US Lobbying 101.” Since then I’ve returned to that oce manytimes. The AWL is the only national grassroots organization entirely dedicatedto conservation o Alaska’s wild lands. I asked Cindy and her colleague, writer Emilie Karrick Surrusco, to identiy the key areas in Arctic Alaska that we must protect now. Here is what they have to say and how you can get engaged.
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Without it, they cease to exist. You’ll hear their voices on these pages. You’ll
learn about their ght against massive corporations with billion-dollar
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ness conservation—Mardy and Olaus Murie, Dr. Edgar, and Peggy Wayburn,
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arctic national wildlife refuge
Long known as the wilderness icon of our nation, the Arctic National Wildlife
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for polar bears in Alaskan Arctic, and is a key habitat for wolves, grizzly
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rivers of the coastal plain for nesting, feeding, and breeding. In fact, birds that
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and more. The power to protect this place ultimately lies in our elected ocials
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beaufort and chukchi seas
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these waters. The entire US population of polar bears, beluga whales, bowhead
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