Scooby Doo wrote:
The wildlife loves the Alaska Pipeline. Get near it when it is cold.
And seems as if the caribou have increased.

Don't confuse MoveOn.org sycophants with facts.

Try citing something factual which supports that nonsense then!

It isn't true, and there are 30+ years of caribou biology studies
done on the North Slope since oil was discovered, none of which
says that is true. In fact several studies say that is the opposite
of the truth.

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.

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Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)