US Interior Dept withdraws land exchange around Alaska refuge

March 14, 2023 5:20 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday withdrew a land exchange around a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, reversing a 2019 move by the administration of former President Donald Trump, the Interior Department said.

The Trump administration plan had sought to carve a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

(Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Leslie Adler)



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