Chapter 6 Summary, Quick Read for Judith Layzer
1959 Congress annexes Alaska
1960 Arctic National Wildlife Range established by Fred Seaton of the DOI l969 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System formed by a group of oil and gas companies. They want to build a huge pipeline from south to north coast of Alaska!
1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act buys out native Alaskans of their land for gas and oil exploration, basically they can claim any land they want except land for the pipeline
1972 EIS released stressing the need for oil resources to be developed for national security interests
1973 Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act gets signed into law, opening Alaska for oil and gas exploration and the trans-Alaskan pipeline
1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act federally protects over a hundred million acres of land in northern Alaska
1986 Another EIS, but this time it is challenged by environmentalist groups because it was formed without public forum
1987 ANWR Coastal Plain Report says that there is only a 19 percent chance of finding oil in the area
1989 The infamous Valdez-Exxon oil spill occurs, staving off final policy on drill and exploration leases in the ANWR coastal plain.
1996 Budget bill vetoed by Clinton based on pro-drilling ANWR provision
2005 Budget bill approved by Senate which includes pro-drilling ANWR provisions
2007 ANWR.org publicizes that gas and oil development are crucial to the American economy and supports pro-drilling leases on its website.
Historical Resource Exploration Alaskan territory was acquired from Russia in the late 19th century. It was primarily known for its source of Klondike gold fields. Much of the territory's population was based in small boom-and-bust economies based on the natural resources of gold, oil, gas, and timber. The federal government did not want an unstable economy based solely on resource exploration so it set aside millions of acres of land to conserve those resources and develop them responsibly. The United
1960 Arctic National Wildlife Range established by Fred Seaton of the DOI l969 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System formed by a group of oil and gas companies. They want to build a huge pipeline from south to north coast of Alaska!
1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act buys out native Alaskans of their land for gas and oil exploration, basically they can claim any land they want except land for the pipeline
1972 EIS released stressing the need for oil resources to be developed for national security interests
1973 Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act gets signed into law, opening Alaska for oil and gas exploration and the trans-Alaskan pipeline
1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act federally protects over a hundred million acres of land in northern Alaska
1986 Another EIS, but this time it is challenged by environmentalist groups because it was formed without public forum
1987 ANWR Coastal Plain Report says that there is only a 19 percent chance of finding oil in the area
1989 The infamous Valdez-Exxon oil spill occurs, staving off final policy on drill and exploration leases in the ANWR coastal plain.
1996 Budget bill vetoed by Clinton based on pro-drilling ANWR provision
2005 Budget bill approved by Senate which includes pro-drilling ANWR provisions
2007 ANWR.org publicizes that gas and oil development are crucial to the American economy and supports pro-drilling leases on its website.
Historical Resource Exploration Alaskan territory was acquired from Russia in the late 19th century. It was primarily known for its source of Klondike gold fields. Much of the territory's population was based in small boom-and-bust economies based on the natural resources of gold, oil, gas, and timber. The federal government did not want an unstable economy based solely on resource exploration so it set aside millions of acres of land to conserve those resources and develop them responsibly. The United