ELR Citation: ELR 20189
No(s). 1:05-cv-00008-JKS (D. Alaska Sep 9, 2006)

A district court issues a preliminary ruling that temporarily blocks the Bureau of Land Managment's (BLM's) plans to lease approximately 1.7 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil exploration. The lease concerns vast areas of sensitive wetlands surrounding Lake Teshekp...