Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Pauline Frost says the Biden administration's decision to cancel seven oil exploration leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge allows Gwich'in and their allies time to rally for the area's permanent protection.
In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska.
Pauline Frost, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow, Yukon, said the decision allows Gwich'in "breathing space" to organize further efforts to put the refuge forever off-limits to oil and gas development, something that would require an act of Congress. "And I think that's because people know that this is such an important area and they know the impacts it would have. They also know that it's not a popular decision."In a news release, AIDEA vowed to take the Biden administration's decision to court. "This latest action by the Department of the Interior shows arbitrary disregard for federal law, based on campaign trail rhetoric. Campaign promises are not enough to justify this agency action.
Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan denounced Biden's actions as the latest volley in what he called a "war on Alaska."
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