Mo Udall sponsored the Lands Act that doubled this entity's size late in the Carter administration.
Mo Udall sponsored the Lands Act that doubled this entity's size late in the Carter administration. This region's Sheenjek valley is excellent habitat for Dall sheep. The Gwich'in people, who live in the south of this area, built wooden fences across it to restrain the movement of the Porcupine (*) caribou herd, whose chief calving grounds are located here. The "1002 ['ten oh two'] area" of this region, which contains the village of Kaktovik on the shores of the Beaufort Sea, was compared to the Everglades and the Grand Canyon in a campaign speech by John McCain. ►  Ted Stevens led a 2005 attempt to allow oil drilling in this area, which was defeated by a Democratic filibuster. For 10 pointsÂ—name this wildlife refuge on the north slope of the Brooks Range in Alaska.
Mo Udall sponsored the Lands Act that doubled this entity's size late in the Carter administration.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [or ANWR] [prompt on "North Slope" before it is read]