THE ARCTIC REFUGE TURNS FIFTY.

The article presents information on the history of the glorious 50 years of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. It informs that biologist Olaus Murie, was sent to Alaska in the year 1920 to conduct a study of the caribou herds. It states that Olaus was the director of the U.S. Wilderness Society in the year 1956. It states that with the approval of the Alaska Lands Act in the year 1980, the land was renamed as Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is stated that since the year 1987, the place has been under a debate over whether its a biological heart, the coastal plain and oil and gas field.