And how does having a 2000 acre space with a fence around it keep them from doing their thing? Or 20 areas of 100 acres each? These aren't refineries, they are just pumps and pipes. I bet they already have pumps and pipes in the area, for water.
And I get the natives hunt these animals in the area.
Do you think that an oil well on a tiny piece of land in this vast area is going to be MORE of an impact than the oil wells in the middle of the wildlife refuge in Ohio, or in people's back yards, or in the gulf?
Is there ANY place in the USA where you could drill for oil where there wouldn't be SOME animal that might stumble across the site? Do you drive on a road where you live? Don't you know that animals used to walk freely there, and sometimes cross the road and get hit by cars just like yours?
Should we stop driving cars and building roads because there are animals around?
It isn't enough to say that there are animals in ANWR. You have to give us some reason to believe that putting in an oil well is going to be a major irreversable impact to the animals living there.
See post 277 to address your questions.