Trump administration to remove decades-old protections from Interior Alaska land

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 772

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The Trump administration is poised to open 2.1 million acres of long-protected Alaska land north of the Yukon River that has been protected for decades to mining and other industrial development.

The Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking decades-old protections for the land, a corridor along the Dalton Highway, the sole road to Alaska’s North Slope.

The land is currently managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The corridor …

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