Wildlife Service Decides Against Land Swap For Oil and Gas Exploration in Alaska Refuge

摘要

Divided opinions among Alaska natives, and a revised, reduced estimate of economic benefits combined to block a land exchange at the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.rnThe proposed swap involved 110,000 acres of refuge lands that may hold oil and natural gas reserves, plus oil and gas rights to an adjacent 97,000 acres of refuge lands. In return, the refuge would have received a minimum of 150,000 acres of Doyon Ltd. native lands. But FWS has decided against the land exchange, the service said July 2.