I grow weary of the term "lockup". And its surprising to see a loaded term used by a professional ADN reporter. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is currently wide open, available to any human to visit, available for every tiny and magnificent component of nature to contribute to a unique ecosystem. Its all there, go there, slog around, run a river, fly over it.

The ultimate lockup is private ownership or control. If incompetent entities like Shell are allowed access, then the lockup begins. Subsistence will be threatened, recreation types will be met with fences or security guards, normal habits of wildlife will be dissrupted. Public land will be locked up. And you will be locked out.