BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 8, 2020
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a breathtaking parcel of God’s creation. It has unique wilderness qualities and ecological integrity. The Gwich’in people have lived on the Arctic Refuge for millennia. The Trump Administration is about to destroy something that goes back in history almost 10,000 years and it will happen right before President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The administration will hold a lease sale for drilling on Jan. 6. The sale was announced in haste before the required comment period even concluded. Once it is gone it is gone. ~ Rev. Richard Killmer, Yarmouth