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Who’s defending National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska?

15 groups have it in their care

BLM land in Alaska, 23M acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

The defenders

Nobody has claimed this fight yet

No group in our directory carries National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.

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15 more work nearby but are not tied to National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska on the record

On the ground in Alaska

Alaska GeographicThey work only in AlaskaFriends GroupKachemak Heritage Land TrustThey work only in AlaskaLand TrustKenai Watershed ForumThey work only in AlaskaFriends GroupSoutheast Alaska Conservation CouncilThey work only in AlaskaCoalitionDenali Education CenterThey work only in AlaskaFriends GroupAlaska Community Action on ToxicsThey work only in AlaskaAdvocacy

More ways in

Brooks Range CouncilThey work only in AlaskaGrassrootsGwich'in Steering CommitteeThey work only in AlaskaTribalNative MovementThey work only in AlaskaGrassrootsNorthern Alaska Environmental CenterThey work only in AlaskaAdvocacyTanana Chiefs ConferenceThey work only in AlaskaTribalTrustees for AlaskaThey work only in AlaskaLegalAlaska Wilderness LeagueThey work only in AlaskaAdvocacyNOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School)Working this regionStewardshipFriends of Alaska National Wildlife RefugesThey work only in AlaskaFriends Group

The situation

What’s happening to National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

In May 2026, the Alaska Oil and Gas Association petitioned Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to rewrite BLM regulations governing oil and gas operations in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The petition requests that BLM amend its rules at 43 CFR 3160 to create a new program for authorizing and constructing production sites and associated rights-of-way. BLM responded by initiating an Environmental Impact Statement to analyze the effects of such a streamlined permitting approach and to support the anticipated rulemaking. The EIS process, if it leads to a finalized rule, would cut through existing regulatory requirements that currently govern how and where drilling operations and infrastructure are approved in the NPR-A, one of the largest undeveloped landscapes remaining in the country and critical habitat for Arctic wildlife.

  1. 2026Threat identified and added to the map
Bureau of Land Management proposes a fast track for oil and gas production sites across the reserve

Source: Federal Register · September 8, 2026

Bureau of Land Management opens an environmental impact statement on the permit fast track

Source: Federal Register · May 19, 2026

Comment window openBLM moves to fast-track oil drilling permits in NPR-ACloses November 9, 2026

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Sources and methodThe situation, timeline, and threats: the MTJP threatened-lands record for National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, with per-item sources. Which groups are on the record for this place: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-30. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.