Despite a not-so-breezy morning, members of The Alaska Wilderness League coerced dozens of passersby to fly white bird-shaped kites in front of the reflecting pool on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. last Wednesday. The first of many planned “ The Arctic is Alive” rallies, the display was meant to send a message to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service before a public hearing about the management plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge held later that day.