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Citing what they characterized as unacceptable risks to wildlife habitat, water quality and the Native communities that depend on natural resources, the Biden administration on Friday rejected the controversial plan to put a 211-mile industrial road through largely wild areas of the Brooks Range foothills. The decision came in a supplemental environmental impact statement released […] The post Biden administration rejection of Ambler road project both panned and celebrated in Alaska appeared fir

Today, April 19, the Department of the Interior announced a finalized strategy to guide its management of public lands. The Public Lands Rule emphasizes the use of science and data, including Indigenous Knowledge, to guide balanced decision-making, according to the Department of the Interior. The rule applies the existing fundamentals of land health across BLM programs, establishes restoration and mitigation leases, and clarifies practices to designate and protect areas of critical concern.

The Interior Department released a new regulation Friday that will affect 13 million acres in Alaska from being drilled for oil.

The Biden administration recommended rejecting permits for a 211-mile gravel industrial haul road to the Ambler Mining District on Friday, citing extensive environmental concerns and overwhelming public objection by environmental

The decisions underscore the Biden administration’s attempt to curb mining and drilling on public lands.