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A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration improperly denied Endangered Species Act protections to Pacific walruses, animals reliant on diminishing Arctic sea ice for survival.

  Although the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, has been around since 1967, it is true we're not exactly a household name. However, AIDEA recently gained attention when it was identified as the successful bidder for multiple tracts in the federal Bureau of Land Management's recent oil and gas lease sale. These tracts are located within the Section 1002 Area designated under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, aka ANILCA, a small part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR. We wanted to take this opportunity to provide some additional pe...

Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve is full of wildflowers and wildlife. Alaska Wilderness League This issue brief is part of a series outlining public lands in Alaska that are in danger of losing protection. Overview Since 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service have advanced five efforts that would dramatically alter protections for some 60 million acres of federally managed land in Alaska. If fully enacted, the policies and decisions outlined in those proposed and finalized plans would open vast stretches of the Bering Sea-Western Interior, Tongass Nation...

We’re listening to Alaskans, past and present, to preserve our state’s future Author: Alan Weitzner Share on Facebook Print article Although the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) has been around since 1967, it is true we’re not exactly a household name. However, AIDEA recently gained attention when it was identified as the successful bidder for multiple tracts in the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s recent oil and gas lease sale. These tracts are located within the Section 1002 Area designated under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation ...