The Biden administration reversed course on a land swap it has defended in court, rescinding an agreement to construct a potentially life-saving road in a remote region in Alaska.
JUNEAU — A day after the Biden administration approved a major Alaska oil project, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland waded into another thorny battle in the state — a long-simmering
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland withdrew a land swap approved by her predecessor considered necessary to build a road through the Izembek National Wildlife
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a ruling from earlier this year that cleared a path for a land trade to facilitate putting a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, connecting two communities at the western edge of the Alaska Peninsula.
The Biden administration on Friday defended a decision by former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to sign off on a land swap necessary to build a road