It's as much a disaster for the places set aside to conserve wildlife as for the cities and the people who have been impacted. This is what I would call catastrophic damage to our national wildlife refuges.

We're talking about a prized wildlife refuge that's been effectively turned into a toxic dump.

If we don't pull the hazardous materials out of the marsh, they're going to sink in and we're going to be looking at groundwater issues and wildlife issues and adverse impacts to recreation for decades to come.

I can't emphasize how grateful we are for the administration to make that request, particularly in tight budget times. That brings that overall request very close to the overall need, which is very commendable. So in this stage of the game, it's up to Congress.

It takes funding away from cities and counties and brings it to Columbia. We think that's a disaster.

We haven't bet the farm on just Alaska. We have people all over the place. We are training wildlife biologists, rangers and, in some places, the public health officers as to what to look for.