The Department of Natural Resources, Division of oil and gas refused to accept over $60,000 for rentals on two leases, part of the 1990 Stinson oil discovery area for a three year extension!

The DNR  has turned down 6 out of 7 applications under the new law that allows the state to accept this extra money and continued work to help bring more oil into production. 

The former DNR DOG Director refused this money, DNR would rather have no money and no activity over more money and more activity, this $60,000 could provide for much relief for the poor in Alaska! 

No one is buying leases in the last DNR DOG lease sales, last year the DNR DOG offered over a Million acres of oil & gas leases in the state waters of the Beaufort Sea with no bidders. The poor are suffering and the bureaucracy is turning down $60,000 and efforts to bring oil & gas to the near empty Trans Alaska Pipeline! Maybe the new Director Chantel Walsh and Commissioner Andy Mack will correct this and take the money & work?