I wrote a long comment to this post, but I felt it was too long, so I decided to make it a post on my own Substack. Also another way to spread your message. It can be found here: https://sygarte.substack.com/p/reply-to-jim-stump
Wonderful piece! Thank you for your advocacy. I’m delighted to follow your work. ~Ann Soule-Shreffler, attending your group’s pre-trip dinner in Fairbanks in mid-June.
Hi, Jim, one of the things that was so striking to me in the Arctic binder that Natalie, our American Lands Project leader, prepared for us, is that there is still visual evidence of the seismic testing they did in the 1970s. Seismic testing is not a benign event. It disrupts sea life, fish and mammals, it impacts the hibernating polar bears, and it leaves permanent reminders of its actions in the form of scars on the land. We are the voice for the land, for good or for ill, so your comment about contacting our representatives is critical. Those porcupine caribou are not going to write letters to advocate for themselves and their sibling creatures, but we can do it on their behalf.
I wrote a long comment to this post, but I felt it was too long, so I decided to make it a post on my own Substack. Also another way to spread your message. It can be found here: https://sygarte.substack.com/p/reply-to-jim-stump
And thanks, Sy, for this honest and compelling response!
Wonderful piece! Thank you for your advocacy. I’m delighted to follow your work. ~Ann Soule-Shreffler, attending your group’s pre-trip dinner in Fairbanks in mid-June.
Ann, that dinner was the start of a rollercoaster of learning and awareness raising. Thank you for being there!!!
Thanks, Jim, for this thoughtful, soulful, generous, and wistful piece. A lot of food for thought.
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Hi, Jim, one of the things that was so striking to me in the Arctic binder that Natalie, our American Lands Project leader, prepared for us, is that there is still visual evidence of the seismic testing they did in the 1970s. Seismic testing is not a benign event. It disrupts sea life, fish and mammals, it impacts the hibernating polar bears, and it leaves permanent reminders of its actions in the form of scars on the land. We are the voice for the land, for good or for ill, so your comment about contacting our representatives is critical. Those porcupine caribou are not going to write letters to advocate for themselves and their sibling creatures, but we can do it on their behalf.