Alaska Native group sues Trump administration for nixing North Slope caribou protections

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: February 3, 2026

Words: 755

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Representatives of Nuiqsut, an Inupiat village on the North Slope, have sued the Trump administration over the abrupt cancellation of a program that gave protections to the Teshekpuk Lake area and the caribou herd that uses it. Teshekpuk Lake is the largest lake in the Arctic region and known as a diverse and sensitive wetland ecosystem.

Nuiqsut Trilateral Inc., which comprises the Nuiqsut city government, the tribal government and the village for-profit corporation, filed …

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