The federal government is required under a 2017 law to hold an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic refuge before the end of the year.
Research biologists pause among the wetlands of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, with the Brooks Range in the background. The Bureau of Land Management, which will administer the sale, is required to hold it in December under provisions of a 2017 law signed by former President Donald Trump. its results. The corporation is challenging that cancellation in court while it prepares for a second round of bidding. Thus far, the BLM has not published details for the upcoming sale.
Drilling in the refuge is strongly opposed by environmental groups and residents of Arctic Village, who live south of the refuge but hunt caribou that inhabit the area. Ruaro told the board that even though the Biden administration clearly opposes drilling as well, the law requires a sale, and the Interior Department has said it will hold one.
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