Alaskan environmentalist delighted as judge blocks plan to tap oil reserves."Teshekpuk Lake Teshekpuk Lake is a 22-mile-long (35 km) lake on the Arctic coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, behind Pitt Point, 80 miles east of Point Barrow. Its name is of Eskimo origin, recorded by Rochfort Maguire as Tasok-poh is of critical international importance for migratory migratory /mi·gra·to·ry/ (mi´grah-tor?e) 1. roving or wandering. 2. of, pertaining to, or characterized by migration; undergoing periodic migration. migratory emanating from or pertaining to migration. birds and other wildlife, and this decision gives us a reprieve reprieve (rĭprēv`): in law, see pardon. and a chance to work for permanent protection of that very special place." When access to a mere 389,000 acres out of an expanse of 23,500,000 acres of Northern Alaskan tundra was blocked by a federal judge, Audubon Alaska's President Stan Senner wasted no time in expressing his joy. |
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