Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve

This July 8, 2004, photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve- Alaska , managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska ’s North Slope. In this undated photo provided by the United States Geological Survey, permafrost forms a grid-like pattern in the National Petroleum Reserve- Alaska , managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska ’s North Slope.

A group of Republican lawmakers, led by Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, jumped out ahead of Friday’s announcement about drilling limitations in the National Petroleum-Reserve Alaska even before it was publicly announced. Sullivan called it an “illegal” attack on the state’s economic lifeblood, and predicted lawsuits.

In an olive branch to environmentalists, the Biden administration also Friday recommended the rejection of a state corporation’s application related to a proposed 210-mile road in the northwest part of the state to allow mining of critical mineral deposits, including including copper, cobalt, zinc, silver and gold.

Nagruk Harcharek, president of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, a group whose members include leaders from across much of Alaska’s North Slope region, has been critical of the administration’s approach. The group’s board of directors previously passed a resolution opposing the administration’s plans for the reserve.

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