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Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves; Extension of Comment Period
National Park Service· Alaska National PreservesFederal Register 2026-07006 ↗

The groups on this fight
4 groups work Alaska
By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Alaska Wilderness League
Works Alaska: built around defending the Arctic Refuge from oil and gas drilling.
- Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
Works Alaska: lead plaintiff in the November 2025 federal suit challenging the land exchange signed to put a road through the Izembek Wilderness.
- Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
Works Alaska: southeast Alaska’s homegrown defender of the Tongass since 1970.
- The Wilderness Society
Works Alaska: has litigated the 211-mile Ambler industrial road since the original 2020 approvals.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
The National Park Service is extending the public comment period on a proposed rule that would roll back hunting and trapping regulations in Alaska's national preserves to pre-2015 standards. The proposal would rescind a series of regulatory amendments made starting in 2015 and restore rules that had been in place for over three decades. This affects hunters, trappers, conservation advocates, and wildlife managers operating in Alaska's national preserves.
In the agency’s own words
The National Park Service is extending the public comment period on our recently published proposed rule to improve guidance for unit managers and the public and to restore opportunities for protected activities by returning to the Alaska-specific regulations that were in effect for over three decades, prior to a series of amendments starting in 2015 that will be rescinded under the proposal. This action will provide interested parties additional time and opportunity to comment on the proposed restoration of the pre-2015 regulations and other modifications. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted an…
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