Earthjustice won federal protections for Teshekpuk Lake in 2013 lasting over a decade.

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Earthjustice won federal protections for Teshekpuk Lake and other ecologically important wetlands in 2013, protecting them from drilling for over a decade until Trump's 2025 rescission. Environmental groups filed lawsuits forcing Interior to comply with environmental statutes and properly consider wildlife impacts. The 2013 protections recognized Teshekpuk's critical importance for caribou calving, migratory birds, and subsistence hunting. Those protections remained in place through Obama's second term and were strengthened under Biden's 2024 rule. Trump's Nov. 2025 rescission eliminated protections Earthjustice had defended for 12 years. The group vowed to challenge the rescission in court, arguing it violates environmental laws and ignores scientific evidence. Earthjustice also won a 2022 lawsuit halting the Peregrine oil exploration project in NPR-A.

Earthjustice won federal protections for Teshekpuk Lake in 2013 lasting over a decade.

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