wrote:
Bill McKee wrote:

Where are the scientific studies? Not a posting by someone who has a vested
interest in no development.

I've posted cites previously, which McKee seems to ignore because it
blows his stance out of the water.

....
make it out to be. Now, let's make this easy on you. Where are the
scientific studies that you saw that said that the caribou along the
pipeline like it, are and are thriving because of it.

Just to repeat, there *are* studies. They do *not* show that
caribou like pipelines or are in any way benefiting from it,
much less thriving because of it. These are highlights of only
the most recent studies (the last 15 years of studies that have been
going on for 30 years now).

Cameron RD, KR Whitten, and WT Smith. 1981. Distribution and
movements of caribou in relation to the Kuparuk Development
Area. 3rd Interim Rep to ARCO. 25pp.

Smith WT and RD Cameron. 1983. Responses of caribou to
petroleum development on Alaska's Arctic Slope. Acta Zool
Fenn. 175:43-45.

Whitten KR and RD Cameron. 1983. Movements of collared
caribou in relation to petroleum development on the Arctic
Slope of Alaska. Can Field-Nat. 97:143-146.

Dau, J.R., and R.D. Cameron. 1986. Effects of a road
system on caribou distribution during calving.
Rangifer, Special Issue No. 1:95-101.

Dau JR and RD Cameron. 1986. Responses of barren-ground
caribou to petroleum development near Milne Point,
Alaska. Final Rep to Conoco, Inc and Continental Pipeline
Company. 25pp.

Smith WT and RD Cameron. 1986. Distribution and movements of
caribou in relation to the Kuparuk Development Area. Alaska
Dep Fish and Game. Fed Aid in Wildl Restor. Final Rep. Proj
W-21-2, W-22-1, W-22-2, W-22-3, W-22-4, W-22-5. Job
3.30R. 47pp.

Cameron, R.D., D.J. Reed, J.R. Dau, and W.T. Smith.
1992. Redistribution of calving caribou in response
to oil field development on the arctic slope of Alaska.
Arctic. 45:338-342.

Smith WT, RD Cameron, and DJ Reed. 1994. Distribution and
movements of caribou in relation to roads and pipelines,
Kuparuk Development Area, 1978-90. Alaska Dep Fish and Game,
Wildl Tech Bull 12. 54pp.

Cameron RD, EA Lenart, DJ Reed, KR Whitten, and WT
Smith. 1995. Abundance and movements of caribou in the
oilfield complex near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Rangifer. 15:3-7.

Cameron, R.D. 1995. Distribution and productivity of
the Central Arctic Herd in relation to petroleum
development: case history studies with a nutritional
perspective. Fed. Aid in Wildl. Resp. Final Rept.
AK. Dept. Fish and Game. Juneau. 35pp.

Nelleman, C., and R.D. Cameron. 1996. Terrain preferences
of calving caribou exposed to petroleum development.
Arctic 49:23-28.

Just to identify two of the names in the above cites...

Raymond Cameron is perhaps considered the dean of caribou
reseachers. He was, for 20+ years before retiring, head of the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game research projects at Prudhoe
Bay studying the Central Arctic Caribou Herd. Cameron has
opposed drilling in ANWR.

Ken Whitten stands next to Ray Cameron as the most notable
caribou researcher for the Porcupine Caribou Herd. He is also
retire after more than 20+ years heading up the ADF&G research
project on the Porcupine Caribou Herd (the herd which calves in
ANWR). Whitten has been perhaps the most vocal of all
biologists in opposing oil development in ANWR. He has
testified before Congress to that effect.

For specifics about what caribou research actually does show, it
*is* available online. Here is more than anyone really wants to
know:

http://www.absc.usgs.gov/1002/index.htm

To just get the conclusions, go to this URL and read what
they decide it all means:

http://www.absc.usgs.gov/1002/section3part5.htm

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)