Alaskan Wilderness

Alaskan Wilderness

By: Madison Dominiak

     The Alaskan Wilderness is a beautiful magical place. And there is a debate going around on if we should drill for oil? I mean the jobs would help our economy but, what about the people and the animals living there. After all they were there first. We should not drill for oil in the Alaskan Wilderness. We would be ruining a lot of people and animals lives.

     First there is only one good thing about drilling there. Jobs. Our economy is suffering with a 8.3 unemployment rate. Those people need jobs. I just think hat it would be possible for them to find a job somewhere else instead of ruining one of the only wild life preserves left! There are many jobs. Not a lot that hire but still a good amount where they should be able to get up and look for one that fits them. These jobs would ruin or even kill people and animals lives.

      Second, there are beautiful mountains, valleys, and rivers that we have to help protect. The animals need this place for resources. A bear might fish and drink out of the river. A mountain lion might live on/in a mountain. Smaller pray might live in the water or in the valleys. Most people are thinking of themselves in this situation. Thinking about the animals is thinking of you. When all the animals like: eagles, musk ox, and polar bears die out because their birthing ground is gone where will the animals breed? If they can’t breed therefore; the species dies out. If the main species dies out meat/ most food is gone.  We will be taking these animals home away.

      Lastly, the U.S. has such a bad economy that people living here don’t care what happens to these people. The people who are all for this are the employed ones and the people living there are the ones that are against it. This is an ongoing argument on which side owns or deserves the land.  Well let’s look at the facts. The U.S. has set the standards too high,  we are expected to make 41% of the world’s oil. And these natives know nothing but, the land they were born on. The rightful owner is the people living there. So the U.S. should pack up and move. We could be ruining the lives of millions.

     So just to recap the U.S. has no right trying to come in and take people’s homes away. They asked and the natives declined. There are economy issues we need to deal with somewhere else. And then the animals all die out, and there are social ups and down. Does that give us the right to take over their home land? No. we first have to insure the safety of the people and animals before we do anything else. The U.S. should not drill in the ANWR.

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