Washington — Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final Record of Decision for a new Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Reserve) in America’s western Arctic following a rushed and incomplete process. The new plan opens seven million additional acres within the Reserve to oil leasing, bringing the available […]
Proposed management plan would gut protections for the largest Arctic lake in the United States and other Special Areas Another federal agency action threatens the health of Arctic land, water, wildlife, and people already suffering the consequences of industrialization and climate change. The Bureau of Land Managementtook the next step toward undercutting protections for designated […]