Yep, the entire State of Alaska is too beautiful to develope resources.  The whole State should be made into a Park.  Just one problem, when Statehood was voted on in 1958 the people were told resource development on federal land would help support the State using the 90/10 ratio for taxes.  90 percent of the royalties were supposed to go to the State of Alaska.  It is in the Statehood compact.  So if the State of Alaska cannot pay its way because resources cannot be developed, then we might as well give it all back to the federal government and let it pay the bills for Education, Health and Welfare, and police protection, etc.  Mr. North doesn't live here so why should he give a hoot about us that do?  He is another out of State low life carpetbagger that got his then left.