Biden administration moves to restrict oil, gas leasing areas of the NPR-A
January 12, 2022 | Alaska
President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Monday that it is planning to use an oil and gas leasing management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that would close off almost half of the 23-million acre area from development.
The management plan is known as the “no action alternative” and is detailed in the Bureau of Land Management’s 2020 record of decision for the reserve. It would revert management of the reserve back to a 2013 plan used by President Barack Obama’s administration
On Monday, environmental groups applauded the news. There has been particular concern about the potential impacts of development to nesting birds and migrating caribou in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area and in the Colville Special Area... (Excerpts from the Alaska News Source)
