Trump Administration Moves to Roll Back Popular Roadless Rule, Threatening Alaska’s Tongass, Chugach, and National Forests Nationwide 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: August 27, 2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org  Trump Administration Moves to Roll Back Popular Roadless Rule, Threatening Alaska’s Tongass, Chugach, and National Forests Nationwide  WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a sweeping attack on America’s public lands, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the start of a rulemaking process to dismantle the…

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After Failed Lease Sales, Alaska Again Gambles Public Money on Arctic Oil 

ANCHORAGE, AK — In a quiet but deeply consequential move, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) has issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) to begin seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  The solicitation—AIDEA26-004—invites bids from oilfield services companies to secure approval of exploratory testing during the next four years. A…

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Interior Withdraws Special Area Safeguards in NPR-A, Advancing Oil and Gas Agenda 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 7/28/25 Contact: Andy Moderow | 907-360-3622 | andy@alaskawild.org  Today, in response to the announcement that Interior Withdraws Restrictive Special Area Policies in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve to Advance Energy Development, Alaska Wilderness League released the following statement:  “Today’s action is a direct attack on science and Traditional Knowledge, putting iconic Western Arctic landscapes…

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Trump Admin Announces Plan to Rescind Roadless Rule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 6/23/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org   In response to the Trump administration’s announcement about the nationwide Roadless Rule repeal, Andy Moderow, Senior Policy Director at Alaska Wilderness League, released the following statement:  “A national repeal of the Roadless Rule is yet another attack, not only on Alaska, but on America’s public lands. Make no…

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Trump’s latest attack would open 82% of America’s largest block of public land to oil and gas leasing 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 6/18/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org  Trump’s latest attack would open 82% of America’s largest block of public land to oil and gas leasing  The Trump administration’s proposed drilling rollback sacrifices caribou, climate, and Indigenous rights for fossil fuel expansion in Alaska.  Washington, D.C. – Late in the day on June…

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Senate Budget Targets Alaska’s Public Lands for Privatization

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 6/12/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org  In response to the release of the Senate Budget Bill Energy and Natural Resources Provisions, Andy Moderow, Senior Director of Policy at Alaska Wilderness League, released the following statement:  “Alaska’s public lands are still on the chopping block—not because it’s good policy, but because billionaires…

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Roadless Area Conservation Act Reintroduced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 6/11/2025 Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org  Following the reintroduction of the of Roadless Area Conservation Act, Alex Cohen, Government Affairs Director at Alaska Wilderness League, released the following statement:  “We’re thrilled to see the Roadless Area Conservation Act reintroduced at a time when Alaska’s public lands are once again in the…

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Alaska Under Attack: The Four-Front Fight for Our Public Lands 

Let’s not sugarcoat it: Alaska is in the crosshairs.  From the edges of the Arctic Ocean to the old-growth of the Tongass, the Trump administration is launching a full-scale attack on some of the wildest places left in America. They’re gutting protections, fast-tracking drilling and logging, and tossing aside Indigenous rights and climate science—all to…

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