1.   Its operations in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, have allegedly had a devastating effect on the caribou herds hunted by indigenous peoples in the area.

2.   Alaska is to go ahead with a controversial plan to reduce wolf numbers in a bid to restock caribou herds.

3.   Drilling proponents point out that despite dire predictions, a smaller caribou herd nearer the Prudhoe Bay complex has actually grown since oil production started there.

4.   It would open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, calving ground of the famed Porcupine caribou herd, to oil and gas drilling.

5.   Losses to caribou herds are no different from losses to grizzly bear or wolves, she said.

6.   Norton then ignored the USFWS report and in a letter to Murkowski gave him incorrect information on the Porcupine caribou herd and calving in the coastal plain area.

7.   The huge caribou herds give birth all at once, when the new spring shoots are most nutritious.

8.   There has been concern about impact on wildlife, especially caribou herds.

9.   But she did not see the Porcupine caribou herd, which often migrates through the refuge during summer.

10.   Canada opposes U.S. drilling in Alaska, saying it would endanger a significant porcupine caribou herd that migrates through the reserve.