Dear John, A foreign mining company and an Alaska economic development agency want the U.S. Department of Interior to approve a 200-mile private industrial mining road across pristine public lands in Alaska’s Brooks Range. |
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The proposed mining road would cut through the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, harm one of the greatest caribou herds left on Earth, and bulldoze a route through nearly 3,000 streams. The project is opposed by Alaska Native communities and Tribes in the region, who rely on the salmon, sheefish, and caribou. Federal permits were pushed through in 2020, during the last days of the Trump Administration, but then suspended for additional review. Now, the Department of Interior is taking a more complex look. In solidarity, Bonnie Gestring
Northwest Program Director, Earthworks |
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