[Tribune7]

Actually, this is an oil producing area.

No!! It can't be!!! Don't you realize that caribou-type critters won't reproduce in oil producing areas !!!! YOU MUST BE KARL ROVE!!!!

And to be serious, the notion that oil drilling will somehow harm the fauna of north Alaska has long been debunked. Heck, wildlife is flourishing around Chernobyl

[Smokin' Joe]

I have worked on oil rigs in seven states, and we never had any shortage of wildlife around the drilling sites.

Sometimes, I'd swear the critters just came out of curiosity.

We counted seven bighorn sheep perched on a ledge above the rig south of Medora, ND on one well, who stayed in the area for three days, just watching. It was pretty neat.

As for Chernobyl, I don't think the humans are as thick there as they used to be...(8^D)