First-Ever Drill Site Approved Inside Alaskan Reserve Challenged

The plan approved by the Army Corps allows ConocoPhillips to build a drilling site within the boundaries of the reserve and connect it by a road and bridge to oil infrastructure outside the reserve. Reversing an earlier decision, the Corps rejected an alternative that would have minimized impacts to the Colville Delta, which provides habitat for myriad migratory birds, overwintering fish, caribou and marine mammals—including endangered ringed and bearded seals and polar bears.

[source: http://ecowatch.com/2013/first-ever-drill-site-approved-inside-alaskan-reserve-challenged/]