The Interior Department wants to roll back hard-won protections for the Western Arctic—putting wildlife, Indigenous and local communities and our climate at risk. We can't let this happen!
Officially known as the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, this 23-million-acre landscape is the largest tract of public land in the United States. It supports caribou, polar bears, migratory birds and a subsistence way of life for Nuiqsut and other nearby Alaskan communities.
Last year, the Biden administration put in place stronger protections from new oil and gas drilling, in particular on 13 million acres—ensuring maximum protection for five designated "Special Areas." Those areas, Teshekpuk Lake, Utukok River Uplands, Colville River, Kasegaluk Lagoon and Peard Bay, are considered to be of exceptional ecological and cultural significance.
Now those protections are on the chopping block. We have a chance to weigh in—but time is short. Your voice matters.
Thank you for your advocacy and support.
Sincerely,
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