Anchorage, AK

Quote from Nicole Whittington-Evans, Alaska Program Director, Defenders of Wildlife, on the NPRA lease sale and draft IAP hearings:

“The Trump administration continues to rollback protections for wildlife in the Arctic – this time it has set its sights on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Despite the wildlife values of the reserve, the administration plans to sell and lease off our lands and waters to the highest bidder.  Defenders of Wildlife will continue to fight for these lands and the caribou, migratory birds and imperiled polar bears that depend upon them.”

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