6/27/12 News - Department of Interior outlines Arctic oil and gas lease plans; U.S. Sen. Mark Begich to visit western Alaska over low king salmon returns; The U.S. Air Forces drops plans to move an F-16 Squadron from Fairbanks to Anchorage

By Joaqlin Estus

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Anchorage, AK – Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar predicts offshore lease sales in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in 2016 and 2017, and expresses optimism that Shell can drill for oil safely. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich to meet with community leaders and fisheries managers over low king salmon returns that have led to subsistence fishery closures. The U.S. Air Force says it won't act to relocate the F-16 Aggressor Squadron from Eielson AFB to the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson.