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A new rule could defend imperiled wildlife, further empower
Indigenous communities, and help address the climate crisis.
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Dear NRDC Supporter,

The Bureau of Land Management recently
protected 13 million acres across the Western Arctic, putting 10
million of those acres off-limits to oil and gas leasing, and
finalized a rule that could safeguard even more.

This new Special Areas Rule is intended
to serve as a pathway for the Indigenous communities who depend
on the region’s natural resources to further protect their
subsistence rights and cultural traditions.

Learn more about the threats facing the
Western Arctic and the Indigenous communities that have thrived
there for generations. ( [link removed] )

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Each spring, Indigenous villages at the outskirts
of the Western Arctic await sights of one of the Arctic’s most
unique creatures, the caribou. In recent decades, the caribou’s
migration during calving season has grown increasingly
treacherous.

And they aren’t alone in facing climate-fueled
food insecurity — the caribou are a sacred food to the region’s
Indigenous communities, who are concerned not only about their
ability to continue their hunting traditions, but also to
preserve meat in the underground ice cellars of the warming
Arctic.

Though largely pristine and devoid of oil
industry infrastructure, more than half of the Western Arctic is
currently open to leasing. Pipelines and roads could soon start
snaking through the Western Arctic Reserve as oil exploration
operations expand, degrading habitat not just for caribou but
also for grizzlies and polar bears, migratory birds, and
countless other wildlife species.

NRDC has been fighting to protect the Arctic from
reckless drilling for decades — and we’re not just up against Big
Oil.

The Trump administration sought to open a
whopping additional 18.6 million acres, or 82 percent, of the
Western Arctic Reserve to oil and gas leasing, on top of the
entire Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — two
moves the Biden-Harris administration overturned in 2022.

The Special Areas Rule is a critical step
forward in protecting this vital landscape from destruction. Now
NRDC’s fight continues — with our partners on the ground and in
Washington — to permanently protect the Arctic from the ravages
of industry.

Add your voice to help protect the Western Arctic
from oil and gas drilling. ( [link removed] )

Sincerely,

Jenny Shalant

Editorial Director, NRDC

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