ANWR- Joe Maderios

I never realized how much we rely on numerous parts of the world. Alaska was one of the last places I expected to be a source for oil. With the combination of temperature and the solid glacier forms would not be the right formula for obtaining oil. I think it is phenomenal that so many habitats exist north of Alaska. I hope one day that I am able to experience the “Sarhingetti” of the wildlife reserve. It is so nice and a relief to here that there is a place on earth that can never be disturbed by construction for developing community and human population. The saddest truth about the ANWR is that one day in the somewhat near future some species will not be there from the continuous warming of the atmosphere. I didn’t know that so many species survive in such an environment. I expected less then a hundred species, including migratory animals, to survive. Hopefully we will be able to come up with an alternative for ice roads that don’t conclude in extinction all kinds of fish in the artic but it will take time. Joe Medeiros is very knowledgeable and always enjoy his lectures.