Rep. Nick Begich derided an “unelected Cubical Army” in seeking to overturn the plan. Alaska lawmakers have introduced legislation to strike down a Biden-era land use plan that would tie up ...

The rescinded documents sought public feedback on whether to expand protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Critics of a Bureau of Land Management plan to make conservation a classification for consideration in the use of public lands called it a regulatory overreach.

Emma Roach, spokeswoman for BLM in Alaska, said the agency would not comment on NANA’s statement. NANA is not the first Native organization to withdraw its support for the Ambler Access Project.

A coalition of groups representing public lands grazing, mining, energy and timber harvest is suing the U.S. Department of Interior and Bureau of Land Management over a controversial rule that […] ...