State calls a truce in Prudhoe Bay dispute

Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack at a press conference in Anchorage on June 28, 2016. Mack sent a letter Sept. 20 approving the Prudhoe Bay plan of development. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear/Alaska Public Media)
Gov. Bill Walker’s administration has called a truce in its dispute with the big three North Slope oil producers over plans for Prudhoe Bay.
The Department of Natural Resources has approved the field’s latest development plan, ending a standoff that raised fears t