What the proposal said, and what the decision did

No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.

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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The groups on this fight

12 groups are in on this fight

In on this fight means a link on this decision itself: the group's own regulations.gov comment on it, or the case filed over it naming the group. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

• Alaska Wilderness League

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  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• Alaska Wildlife Alliance

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  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• Defenders of Wildlife

  In on this fight · linked

  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• Environment America

  In on this fight · linked

  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges

  In on this fight · linked

  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• Gwich'in Steering Committee

  In on this fight · linked

  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• National Wildlife Federation

  In on this fight · linked

  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• National Wildlife Refuge Association

  In on this fight · linked

  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• Northern Alaska Environmental Center

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  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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• Sierra Club

  In on this fight · linked

  Plaintiff in Gwich'in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior (live).

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Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.

Who signs it

The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.

The ground

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The photograph on this page: Caribou on foggy tundra. More Than Just Parks.

In court on this ground

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Who holds the vote

PLAN’s record doesn’t tie a member of Congress to this fight yet. The scorecard grades the votes and bills that decide public lands; nothing joins a vote or a bill to this decision, so there’s no member to name here without guessing.