( February 23, 2026, 1:29 PM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Native American groups sued the secretary of the Interior and two federal agencies in Alaska federal court, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief for their decision to adopt the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 2025 Integrated Activity Plan (IAP), which adopted the BLM’s 2020 IAP that opened more than 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A). The groups say the 2025 IAP violates multiple federal laws because it is “arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion.”...