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...After writing a report on the gray wolf and studying the Arctic in second grade, Walters was distressed to learn in 2001 of the Bush administration's plans to drill in ANWR. Her activism began with a letter to Vice President Dick Cheney (she says it was never answered), and took off when her mother happened to see a photo exhibit about the Arctic, and put her daughter in touch with the photographer, Lenny Kolm, who has worked with the Alaska Wilderness League for 13 years hosting slide shows. He told Walters about a 1995 Department of Energy report that...
...sixth-grader's second lobbying trip to Washington this year. With the dome of the Capitol building rising above her, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hillary Clinton and John Kerry nearby, Walters stood on the West Lawn and explained why she opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: "The people who want to drill in the Refuge talk about all these fancy tools and technology they can use to get a little oil ten years from now," she said, in a louder, stronger voice than when she delivered the same speech to congressmen in the spring. (Before she spoke...
...ANWR would have a larger impact than Walters' conservation campaign-the U.S. Geological Service believes that the total amount of economically recoverable oil in ANWR is 3.2 billion barrels, or 134 billion gallons-, it's a start toward fuel-consumption savings that could dwarf the capacity of the Arctic range. Increasing the efficiency of U.S. cars, SUVs and light trucks by four miles per gallon, for example, is said to be equivalent to developing an oil field 10 times the size of ANWR-without the negative environmental impact...
...Walters believes that Americans need to do everything they can to reduce their own consumption and leave the Arctic "I hope someday to see this beautiful place," she said in her speech last month. "And I hope [politicians] check their own tires before they ruin the wilderness I haven't had a chance...
...Although she eventually adds that her life goals are also to save the Arctic and stop global warming, Walters takes her lobbying only so far. On first trip to Washington, last spring, she tried unsuccessfully to get a meeting with Florida Senator Mel Martinez, her mother says. Before this trip, Savannah said she was considering sitting outside Martinez's offices until he gave her an audience-but later decided that she didn't have time. She did, however, manage to squeeze in outings to the National Zoo and the International Spy Museum. Walters may have a stump speech, but there...