President Obama Calls on Congress to Protect Arctic Refuge as Wilderness

<> President Obama Calls on Congress to Protect Arctic Refuge as Wilderness - President Obama announced plans to ask Congress to designate core areas of  Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), known as "The Sacred Place Where Life Begins" to Alaska Native communities, as wilderness -- the majority of which is not protected as wilderness U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Charts Course for Growth of the National Wildlife Refuge System Final Strategic Growth Policy for the National Wildlife Refuge System Sens. Murkowski, Sullivan, & Rep. Young to Hold Press Conference on Obama Admin's Latest Assault on Alaska's Economic & Energy Future - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young will hold a press conference on Monday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. in the Senate Radio and TV gallery to respond to the Obama administration's efforts to lock up millions of acres of the nation's richest oil and natural gas prospects on the Arctic coastal plain and move to block development of Alaska's offshore resources Murkowski: Obama, Jewell Declaring War on Alaska's Future - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) denounced President Obama and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell for launching an unprecedented assault on Alaska that will have long-lasting effects on the state's economy and the nation's energy security. Senator Boxer's Statement on ANWR Wilderness Protection Plan Sen. Inhofe's Statement on the Obama Administration's Grab of 12 million acres in ANWR