Protect Alaska’s Public Lands from Destruction

The Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management is facing a decision on opening 28 million acres of Alaska’s pristine public lands to destructive industrial development like mining and oil and gas drilling.

Write a message of opposition to this dangerous proposal before the Feb. 14 deadline.

Submit your comment now.

Urge the Biden administration to keep pristine Alaskan lands protected.

Alaska D-1 public lands like in Bristol Bay.

Photo: Jessica McGlothlin/Alamy

The Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management is facing a decision on opening 28 million acres of Alaska’s pristine, protected public lands to destructive industrial development like mining and oil and gas drilling.

The agency is inviting public comments on this dangerous proposal – but only until February 14. We must generate as many messages as possible to help keep these cherished public lands protected.

If these lands lose protection, it will open sensitive areas like land within Bristol Bay where we’re already fighting to stop the Pebble Mine and other proposed mining projects. The Bristol Bay watershed alone supplies more than half the world’s sockeye salmon, and the fishery supports 15,000 jobs and generates $2.2 billion annually.

We can’t let these vital protections be lifted – send a message to the Biden administration now.

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Subject Protect Alaska’s public lands from industrial development

Dear Mr. Cohn:

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I’m deeply concerned about opening 28 million acres of Alaska’s public lands to destructive industrial development like mining and oil and gas drilling. Please keep Alaskan public lands protected from dirty industries.

Some of the largest intact landscapes left in the U.S. are in Alaska, providing homes for Indigenous communities and habitat and refuge for caribou, moose, bears, all five species of Pacific salmon, migratory birds, and countless other wildlife. These treasured lands support communities, cultural resources, subsistence resources, and recreation like hunting and fishing. And they’re at the forefront of the climate crisis.

Under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, these lands had been off-limits to industry for decades.

If these lands lose protection, it will open sensitive areas like land within the Bristol Bay watershed, which supplies more than half the world’s sockeye salmon and supports 15,000 jobs and generates $2.2 billion annually.

Don’t let vital protections for Alaska’s public lands be lifted. Maintain protections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

Thank you.

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