( April 22, 2024, 2:31 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on April 19 announced that it has adopted a final rule for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) that will “ensure maximum protection for significant resource values on the more than 13 million acres of Special Areas in the western Arctic, while supporting subsistence uses and needs for Alaska Native communities....