March 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump Administration held a massive auction for oil and gas drilling rights in the largest contiguous area of national public lands in the United States.
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March 10, 2026
Ten Alaska and national groups sued the Interior Department today for unlawfully removing federal protections over public lands in an area stretching from the Yukon River to the Brooks Range. These lands had been protected for over 50 years and subject to federal oversight that intended to ensure Arctic health and a stable corridor for the Dalton Highway and Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
March 4, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior announced not a single bid had been placed for the Trump Administration’s first Alaskan oil and gas lease sale.
The Cook Inlet-focused sale was set to be the first of six required by Trump’s 2025 budget reconciliation law. More than a million acres of federal waters were available for bids – with no takers.
February 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior announced today it would revoke two public land orders to open more than two million acres of public lands in Alaska to drilling and mining.
January 23, 2026
ANCHORAGE, AK —Ten groups filed an amended and supplemental complaint today challenging the Trump administration’s 2025 decisions to reinstate unlawful permits for the proposed Ambler road. These groups, represented by Trustees for Alaska, have spent years in court fighting the proposed Ambler road because of the profound threat this 200-mile-plus industrial road would pose to the people, water, and wildlife of Northwest Alaska.
December 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Sierra Club, represented by its Environmental Law Program, and allied organizations represented by Trustees for Alaska filed a notice flagging ESA violations by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that threaten polar bears with expanded oil and gas exploration, drilling, and development activities in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge—an area important for maternal polar bear denning
December 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senate Republicans advanced a resolution that would impede protections for millions of acres of public lands in Alaska, despite bipartisan opposition.
In a 49-45 vote Thursday morning, Senate Republicans utilized the Congressional Review Act to revoke a land management plan for the Arctic Refuge. "Republican Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) broke with her party and joined 44 Democrats to oppose the resolution. It now heads to the White House, where Donald Trump is expected to sign it.
November 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Trump administration finalized a plan to open up millions of acres of fragile landscapes in the Western Arctic to oil and gas drilling.
November 13, 2025
ANCHORAGE, AK— Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and allied groups sued the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation today in U.S. District Court for signing a land exchange agreement aimed at making way for a road on a narrow isthmus in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
October 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn environmental protections in the Western Arctic, clearing the way for oil and gas companies to greatly increase drilling activities in the area’s public lands.
October 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a series of decisions that increase threats to Alaska landscapes, wildlife, and local communities.
October 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump signed an executive order to advance a controversial proposal backed by mining companies to construct a road across more than 200 miles of Alaska wilderness.