Emily J Gertz

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Gwich’in Gear Up to Fight for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Arctic Deeply—Revived plans to drill for oil at the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd are prompting outcries from Indigenous people with ancient ties to the herd.

Photo: The Porcupine caribou herd crosses a river. Credit: Gary Braasch/National Wildlife Federation/Flickr