Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2025

The Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2025 would designate approximately 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as wilderness, protecting it from development such as oil and gas drilling. This designation would apply to the Coastal Plain area, as depicted in a specific 2015 map, and would incorporate the land into the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act. The bill affects federal land management policies in the refuge, imposing a permanent prohibition on industrial activities in the designated area while preserving its ecological integrity. It amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act to enforce this wilderness…

AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.