America has a huge amount of energy reserves ready to be harvested in a small portion of the barren and desolate Artic Plain region of northern Alaska.

This region is above the Arctic Circle and is, for most of the year, a bitterly cold and dark landscape. In fact, the sun doesn't even rise above the horizon for several weeks a year.

The amount of land in this region, known as ANWR, that is proposed for energy exploration is less than one-half of one percent of the entire ANWR-- a mere 2,000 acres out of a place the size of South Carolina.  If you click on the map to the right, you'll see a tiny red dot within the green area, which represents the very small area that is proposed for development.

Scientists and geologists have found billions of barrels and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable gas are locked away in the Arctic Plain.  This amount of energy equals that which the U.S. would import from Saudi Arabia for decades to come!

Wildlife experts and biologists also note that recent surveys of the Central Arctic caribou herd near the Prudhoe Bay oil field, to the west of ANWR, shows the herd population at its highest level ever recorded in the past quarter century.  The herd has grown more than sevenfold since Prudhoe Bay development began in the mid-1970s.

American experts also say that new 21st Century technologies and engineering would allow us to produce energy from ANWR while protecting the environment.  For more information on these cutting-edge technologies, please go here.

Finally, a majority of the people of in and around ANWR, and all their elected representatives, overwhelmingly support producing energy there.  Those people and local natives are proud of their current energy contribution to our country and are willing to do more.

We really can make a difference for our country and future generations by producing American energy from places like ANWR.

For more information on ANWR, go here.