Oppose Call for Nominations and Comments for the 2025
Call for Nominations and Comments for the 2025 National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Bureau of Land Management· National Petroleum Reserve-AlaskaFederal Register 2025-19624 ↗
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- Alaska Wilderness League
Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).
- Defenders of Wildlife
Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).
- Environment America
Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).
- Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).
- Gwich'in Steering Committee
Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).
- National Wildlife Federation
Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).
- National Wildlife Refuge Association
Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).
- Sierra Club
Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).
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The Bureau of Land Management is accepting nominations and public comments on unleased tracts in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ahead of a 2025 oil and gas lease sale, the first since 2019. This is part of the formal leasing process and is being driven by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and an Executive Order directing expanded energy development in Alaska. It directly affects millions of acres of federal land in the NPR-A and could open new areas to oil and gas extraction.
In the agency’s own words
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office is issuing a call for nominations and comments on all available unleased tracts for the upcoming National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPR-A) 2025 Oil and Gas Lease Sale. This is a standard step in the leasing process as BLM prepares to hold the first NPR-A lease sale since 2019 and the first lease sale under direction in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This action also advances priorities in the Executive Order, Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential, and the associated Secretary's Order of the same name.
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