The ANWR stuff was my final nail in the coffin for BHA a few years ago. When you really know a substantial amount about a single topic and have spent a large amount of time in that area, and then watch an organization distort the facts to align to their preferred message/outcome, you can't help but just assume they must be lying about everything else too. I don't need to see their post to know that it probably has pictures of mountains. Maybe a caribou on a mountain. Probably mentions how great the habitat is and how native food and water resources are somehow now protected.
According to BHA, the 1002 area of ANWR is some sort of mountainous paradise with native hunters everywhere and critical sheep and caribou habitat. Several years ago BHA went on a big podcast/social media tour to try and push their agenda on the 1002 leases. Although there is only one native village in the 1002 area, they decided instead to visit a village 150 miles south of the 1002, on the southern slope of the Brooks Range. They were able to find a local there to interview and help push their narrative, contrary to the narrative they would've heard had they visited with the native people of Kaktovik, the only village within the 1002 and essentially the only natives that will be affected by this decision. The people of Kaktovik will be the first to tell you the 1002 is barren ground, void of much other than mosquitos. They've gone so far as to send representatives to testify to congress referring to themselves as "refugees of conservation." But as much as liberal organizations such as BHA and MSM wish to push the narrative of "protecting the hunting and natural resources native Alaskans rely on," you will never hear either ever talk to the folks who actually live there to hear the inconvenient truth of it all.
I'm actually on the fence about drilling in the 1002 in the near future. I think the state of AK dropped the ball on lease sales and for that reason, they restricted themselves. But I absolutely HATE when people/organizations need to lie to push their narrative. If BHA simply just came out and said "there's no reason to open the Alaskan north slope to further exploration with the current leases under contract in already developed areas," I'd actually respect their message. But instead, they feel the need to lie to folks.
