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- U.S. President Donald Trump opened a sale on June 5 2026 for 689,000 acres in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Conservation groups urged eleven firms not to bid after 2021 and January 2025 lease sales drew few or no offers.
- Alaska officials and Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, led by CEO Nagruk Harcahrek, view the sale as a job creator.
- The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the coastal plain holds 4.25-11.8 billion barrels of oil.
