ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Department of the Interior has approved an oil and gas leasing program within Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is home to polar bears, caribou and ...

The Trump administration is considering two Alaska applications to recognize the state as the rightful owner of several rivers in a national wildlife refuge and other public land, according to two ...

Three tribal governments and several environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to try to block a land trade that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge ...

Trump administration finalizes Arctic Refuge drilling plan Move fulfills GOP pledge to expand U.S. energy production Gwich’in communities oppose drilling on sacred lands Conservationists vow lawsuits ...

The road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, which is opposed by environmental groups, has long been sought by the coastal community of King Cove. A contentious land exchange that paves the ...

The application process to obtain a bear baiting permit this year will be the same as 2025.

Juneau, Alaska — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brant fly over the water on Sept. 28, 2016, at Izembek Lagoon in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Kristine Sowl/U.S.

FILE - The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a ...