EventA federal judge ruled that a lawsuit challenging the transfer of 1.38 million acres along the Dalton Highway corridor to the state was time‑barred, following Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s February revocation of two public‑land orders that had protected wilderness and subsistence access. The decision leaves open the possibility for mining and road construction on land that hosts the Trans‑Alaska Pipeline, a proposed LNG project and Ambler Road.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit over the transfer of 1.38 million acres along the Dalton Highway corridor, saying procedural timing barred court intervention; the land was unlocked by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s revocation of public orders that had protected wilderness and subsistence access on a corridor that hosts major energy projects.
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit that contested the transfer of 1.38 million acres of federal land along the Dalton Highway corridor to Alaska, following Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s revocation of public land orders that opened 2.1 million acres for resource development north of the Yukon River.