Category: public lands

Trump Officials Open Millions of Acres of Alaska Wildlands to Oil and Gas Drilling

United States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced on Monday that the federal government had proposed the reversal of a Biden-era order banning oil and gas drilling on the 23-million acre National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. The remote area is home to a diverse array of wildlife, including threatened polar bears, caribou […]

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Trump Administration Proposes Drastic Cuts to National Park Service

The Trump administration recently released a budget proposal that includes more than $1 billion in cuts to the National Park Service (NPS), a press release from the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) said. It would be the largest reduction in the over 100-year history of the NPS, and could mean a more than three-quarters cutback […]

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