Trump Administration conducts first Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas lease sale

On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received 13 bids on 552,802 acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. High bids totalled  $14,412,458. The BLM responded to the bids and released the results here. The first lease sale of the Coastal Plain has been called a failure…