...Nuiqsut, the only village within the reserve, sued the Corps in February, claiming petroleum development on the Colville River Delta harms their subsistence life of hunting and fishing.Messages left for Corps spokesman Curt Biberdorf were not...

...potentially could be developed.The Corps, in announcing its initial decision to reject the permit, noted the Colville River Delta "is the largest and most complex delta on the Arctic coastal plain and drains nearly 30 percent of the North Slope...

...industry has been able to use in certain applications, would have less impact on the sensitive ecosystem of the Colville River delta than the bridge, roads and gravel pads associated with the CD-5 project as it is planned, the corps said...

...and Gas bid on 24 blocks, including 19 tracts north of Smith Bay. Armstrong Alaska bid on 10 blocks east of the Colville River delta. "We are pleased with the sale results," said John Goll, the agency's regional director. "This is our...

...Alaska, the move gives Arco a much larger share of the Alpine field, a 365-million-barrel discovery in the Colville River delta on the North Slope. Arco Alaska Inc., an Arco subsidiary, had owned 56 percent of the project, with Union...