[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 94 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1151]
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A BILL TO RENAME PART OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WILDERNESS 
                               IN ALASKA

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 24, 1996

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I am introducing legislation today 
which would rename an existing portion of wilderness in the Brooks 
Range of Alaska's Arctic Wildlife Refuge the ``Mollie Beattie Alaska 
Wilderness.'' Mollie Beattie, until recently the Director of the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, combined advocacy in her role as the chief 
steward of America's Federal programs for fish and wildlife with a 
compassionate belief that people were an inseparable part of the 
natural environment. Mollie held a special place in her heart for the 
Brooks Range wilderness area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 
America's largest. This legislation provides for the naming of the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness established in the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act--Public Law 96-487--in her 
honor. As Mollie's knowledge of Alaska grew, so did her love for our 
unique areas and for the special people who choose to call Alaska home. 
I hope that her willingness to try to understand my State better will 
encourage others to grow in the same way.

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