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JUNE 29, 2001

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), a member of the House Resources Committee, will be visiting a Gwich'in Nation village in Alaska as part of a fact-finding mission on Arctic drilling.

McCollum will spend a few days in Alaska during Congress' July 4 recess to get more information to fight oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Get the Story:
McCollum headed to Alaska (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 6/29)

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Relevant Links:
Gwich'in Steering Committee - http://www.alaska.net/~gwichin
Oil Issues in ANWR, US Fish and Wildlife - http://arctic.fws.gov/issues1.html
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service - http://arctic.fws.gov
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Pro-Development site - http://www.anwr.org

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