This book describes what Fairbanks was like during trans-Alaska oil pipeline construction and how the community responded to the project, and assesses the unplanned negative effects that, in many cases, outweighed the positive ones.

Prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Provides a comprehensive statement of the probable impact of the proposed Alaska oil pipeline on the native population. Defines the aspects of native life which will be impacted by the construction of the pipeline and defines the probable effects and magnitude of the impacts.

Statement analysing the impact of granting the right-of-way applications for an oil pipeline across U.S. federal lands in Alaska would have on the environment in accordance with the requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

In 1977 oil began to flow south from the Arctic through the controversial Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). This study considers the TAPS proposal and controversy as an extension (even a culmination) of established processes, policies, and attitudes within Alaska history, American environmental history, and the history of conservation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The building of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline, its impact on the Alaskan economy, and its environmental and social effects on the land, the people, and the wildlife along its path.