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 want another tax break. This budget bill would greenlight a massive public land giveaway, privatizing some of the most iconic and ecologically vital places in Alaska. We’re appalled to see the Western Arctic and Ambler Road added back to the Senate version of the bill, proof that no place is safe when Big Oil and the ultra-wealthy are calling the shots in Washington, D.C. Privatizing public lands at any scale is a massive, irreversible mistake and every American deserves better than watching what belongs to all of us handed over in a billionaire land grab.”