Lift Alaska PLOs; approve NPRA/Willow/Ambler; reinstate Trump Tongass roadless exemption
Mandate’s Alaska package revokes remaining BLM PLOs blocking state/Native entitlements, reapproves 2020 NPRA IAP and ANWR EIS/leases, expands Willow pads, approves Ambler Road, cedes fish/game lead to Alaska, asserts state ownership of navigable waters, and reinstates Trump Alaska Roadless Rule.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 16 (Interior) — Immediate Actions Regarding Alaska: revoke remaining PLOs (esp. PLO 5150); approve 2020 NPRA-IAP; reinstate 2020 ANWR EIS and lift lease suspensions; approve Willow EIS expanding to five pads; approve Ambler Road; revoke NPS/FWS predator-control rules; recognize Alaska fish/game management lead; declare navigable waters state-owned; reinstate Trump 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule for Tongass.
Undo plan
1) Maintain Tongass roadless protections and careful ANILCA balance.
2) Condition major projects (Willow/Ambler) on full climate, subsistence, and tribal consultation outcomes—not automatic approval.
3) Keep federal wildlife conservation tools on federal lands where statute provides.
4) Resolve land entitlements lawfully without wholesale PLO revocations that harm conservation.
5) Verify: subsistence harvest data; Tongass old-growth status; project NEPA adequacy.