WASHINGTON — More than 3 million acres in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest would be opened to logging and road building under a Bush administration decision that supporters believe will revive ...

Hot and dry weather earlier this summer created the perfect conditions for the wildfires that have burned nearly 3 million acres in Alaska this year, making it the sixth-worst fire season on record.

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More than 1.3 million acres of federal land in Alaska are a big step closer to being “open for business.” Assistant Interior Department Secretary Joe Balash signed directives Wednesday in ...

The state also held a concurrent lease sale that offered 1,004 tracts covering 5 million acres on the Alaska Peninsula. That lease sale drew no bids, extending a long streak for oil and gas ...

The move to limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean comes as regulators prepare to decide on the Willow project, a controversial plan pushed by ConocoPhillips.