Tristan
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Just do it already people. ANWR is 19,049,236 acres for cryin' out loud. The ecochondriacs have stood in the way long enough.
Hat tip to Hot Air for the link, btw.
Words of wisdom from the great Ed Morrissey
Just do it!
Sean Parnell, lieutenant governor and a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, proposed a land swap as a way of opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
I propose a land swap of 2,000 acres of state land to the federal government in exchange for 2,000 acres of the coastal plain in ANWR into state hands, Parnell said at a press conference Tuesday in Fairbanks.
Parnell said he could work with Gov. Sarah Palin and the administration to identify the 2,000 acres of state land that would be traded, perhaps extending a portion of ANWR by 2,000 acres.
Hat tip to Hot Air for the link, btw.
Words of wisdom from the great Ed Morrissey
Could this defuse the controversy? In a land swap, the federal government would not lose an inch of overall land. If Alaska offered adjoining land from an area with actual wildlife on it, it would serve to bolster the preserves actual mission. The state would then take responsibility for the parcel where oil extraction would take place, and Alaska would have little trouble overcoming any objections from state groups to get oil flowing as soon as possible from that spot.
Just do it!