This month, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission started requiring oil and gas companies to put up substantially higher bonds to cover the wells they’ve drilled. But a different state agency is criticizing the new law.
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Dunleavy selects Corri Feige as natural resources commissioner
Corri Feige is not new to the agency she will now lead — she was previously the head of DNR’s Division of Oil and Gas under Gov. Bill Walker.
Interest in kelp farming drives state tideland applications
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is beginning to work through tideland lease applications for the mariculture industry. Current and potentially new farmers are applying to use state tidelands to grow Pacific oysters and geoducks.
Alaska DNR searching for bear that killed Anchorage teen
Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources still is searching for the black bear that killed Patrick Cooper, 16, on Sunday. Meanwhile, another bear attack has claimed the life of a worker and injured another in a gold mine near Delta.
New stipulations, shorter time period, for Pebble’s state land use permit
After months of delay, the Pebble Limited Partnership was granted Tuesday its land use permit by the state’s Department of Natural Resources. But taking into account the concerns raised through a public comment period, DNR is adding more oversight to Pebble’s activities and adding some new stipulations to the permit.
USGS overhauling inaccurate, outdated Alaska maps
Alaska relies on topographic maps that are over 50 years old. These maps, some of which were hand-drawn, are rife with inaccuracies. Rivers flow upstream, mountains are out of place and some features are missing altogether. This year, Alaska hopes to take a big leap forward by completing new maps for over half of the state.
Department of Natural Resources delays renewal of Pebble land use permit
Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources has delayed renewing a two-year land use permit for the Pebble Limited Partnership to give state regulators more time to review an “extensive” number of public comments.
In latest high-profile resignation, head of state’s oil and gas division quits
Director at the center of Alaska’s fight with producers over North Slope gas marketing resigns
Walker announces another shakeup in his cabinet
Walker new DNR commissioner appointment was the second cabinet change announced Thursday.
Subsistence users criticize miners, regulators at Nome meeting
Some subsistence users blame gold miners and regulators for failing to take into account the negative impacts mining is having on other resources around Nome.