The Epoch Times The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Department of the Interior, announced the decision on April 25.
It marks a return to an Obama administration plan to manage the area that would enable the administration to lease up to 52 percent of the reserve for oil and gas exploration.
Meanwhile, the remaining approximately 11 million acres (48 percent)âwhich includes the majority of lands within âspecial areasâ and much of the coastal area of the reserve along the Beaufort Seaâwill be closed off to oil and gas leasing…
