Sunday, May 04, 2003

Arctic Wildlife Photo Exhibit

I'm an avid listener to NPR and I wake up listening to it every morning. This morning on Weekend Edition Sunday morning I was shocked to hear a story about how one Senator used his elected power to much imho. After a vote on the Alaskan Arctic Wildlife Refuge didn't go the way of one Alaskan Senator, an exhibit that was set to go on display in the Smithsonian was moved from the main floor to what is called "the basement". Along with this a lot of the captions were removed or replaced below this photographer's pictures, because they were too pro environmental. I going to mail my elected official and I would ask anyone else who thinks our environmental is worth saving do the same.

Here's a copy of the story run on NPR. When they update the full version I'll edit it in here as a better reference.
Weekend Edition - Sunday for Sunday, May 4, 2003 A major photographic exhibit of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on display at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., has become a center of controversy. Some question whether political pressure forced the Smithsonian to alter the exhibit and move it to a less prominent area of the museum. Host Liane Hansen talks to New York Times reporter Timothy Egan.