Feds Reject ANWR Exploration Offer.  News Miner/AP.  A spokeswoman for Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) says the state is evaluating its options after its exploration plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was rejected again.  The latest rejection came last month from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe. In a letter to then-Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan, dated Sept. 20, Ashe said in part that the state misinterpreted agency regulations and submitted a plan years too late. Natural Resources Committee: Obama Administration Assault on American Mining Jobs On Thursday, [...]