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Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a decision to permit the Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). (View the full Record of Decision). It is the first oil and gas development on public land in the NPRA, and it will impact habitat that is used by a number of Audubon WatchList birds, including King Eider, Pacific Black Brant and Yellow-billed Loon.

“Audubon recognizes that some oil and gas development is going to take place in the NPRA,” said Jim Adams, Policy Director for Audubon Alaska.“As the first development on public land in the NPRA, GMT1 is a precedent-setting project and we believe BLM could and should have done a much better job of minimizing the impacts of roads on birds, wildlife, and subsistence uses of the area.”