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62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in, and hit the road, practicing COVID-19 best safety protocols along the way. The parks as we know them are rapidly changing, and she wanted to see them before it’s too late. The small plane bounced, then violently lurched sideways. “It’s going to be a little bumpy coming through these clouds, but I�...

Gates of the Arctic in northern Alaska is one of the last truly wild national parks. There are no roads or trails, and the park boasts the stunning Brooks Range, six wild and scenic rivers, and gets fewer than 3,000 visitors a year. Our 62 Parks columnist was awestruck by her 39th stop on her quest to visit every national park in the U.S.

Weather Forecast And shifting to the Alaska and CONUS Intermediate-Term Weather Forecast showing from left to right, Days 1- 5, 6 - 10, 8 - 14 and Weeks 3 - 4 You can click on these maps to have them enlarge, there are larger versions in the Addendum (More Weather the link is shown at the end of this section, and there are larger versions of these maps in the Addendum. Also, the discussions that go with these forecast maps can be found here (first two weeks) and here (Weeks 3 and 4). First Tem...

Weather Forecast And shifting to the Alaska and CONUS Intermediate-Term Weather Forecast showing from left to right, Days 1- 5, 6 - 10, 8 - 14 and Weeks 3 - 4 You can click on these maps to have them enlarge, there are larger versions in the Addendum (More Weather the link is shown at the end of this section, and there are larger versions of these maps in the Addendum. Also, the discussions that go with these forecast maps can be found here (first two weeks) and here (Weeks 3 and 4). First Tem...

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. is the most prolific North Slope explorer of the 21st century. As many of its large multinational contemporaries were retreating from exploration to focus on development, ConocoPhillips continued to pursue opportunities beyond its existing North Slope units. And although...

"Its not about avoidance but rather portfolio construction based on an individuals investment goals or situation," Bill Herrmann, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Wilshire Phoenix in New York

The US government halted all petroleum activities in an Alaskan wildlife reserve pending an environmental review. The decision was hailed by environmental groups, but state officials vowed to contest it.

Chair Grijalva praises Biden Administration’s suspension of unjustified, potentially illegal oil and gas leases in Arctic Refuge The push to drill became a scam Author: News Release Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today praised the Biden administration’s decision to suspend the oil and gas leases issued in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), which was opened to drilling by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The news was fir...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Decades-long political and legal battles over drilling in...

BLM seeking artist to capture Dalton Highway and Brooks Range