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Fairbanks, Alaska (AP)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ’s rejection of a proposed land exchange at the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge did not upset the Native corporation that sought the swap.
Fairbanks-based Doyon Ltd. would have received 110,000 acres plus oil and gas rights to another 97,000 acres of refuge lands. In exchange, the refuge would have picked up at least 150,000 acres owned by Doyon within refuge boundaries. Fish and Wildlife would also have had the right to some Doyon oil and gas revenue.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ’s rejection of a proposed land exchange at the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge did not upset the Native corporation that sought the swap.
Fairbanks-based Doyon Ltd. would have received 110,000 acres plus oil and gas rights to another 97,000 acres of refuge lands. In exchange, the refuge would have picked up at least 150,000 acres owned by Doyon within refuge boundaries. Fish and Wildlife would also have had the right to some Doyon oil and gas revenue.
