WCS Applauds U.S. Dept of the Interior Final Management Plan Balancing Conservation and Energy Development in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 14:00
in Earth & Climate
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) lauded U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazars announcement of a final management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) that balances wildlife conservation and energy development in the biggest public landscape in the country. The Integrated Activity Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final IAP/EIS) issued today by the Bureau of Land Management is the first comprehensive land management plan ever developed for the NPR-A.