The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of our nation's greatest wilderness icons. For decades, millions of Americans have fought to keep the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge out of the hands of the oil industry. Today, the fight continues to protect a place that naturalist and write Terry Tempest Williams calls "a great breathing space on the planet, a pause of peace in a world too familiar with war." Williams is joined by voices from the Gwich'in Nation, who regard the Coastal Plain as "the sacred place where life begins." As the calving and nursing grounds for the Porcupine Caribou Herd and host to more than 250 species of wildlife, the Arctic Refuge truly is an irreplaceable piece of our natural heritage that must be protected for generations to come.