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We need the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and all that it contains in terms of wildlife and wilderness more than we need the oil. And don't give me the bullshit about how environmentally sensitive the development will be. We've seen this play out before.
Trump Opens Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil Drilling
The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.They are also allowing another contentious road to be built across some of the wildest areas left in the US. It is all for some mining companies and will be for their sole use.
The Ambler Road Project is a proposal for a 211-mile industrial access road and is intended to facilitate the development of at least four large-scale mines and potentially hundreds of smaller mines across the region. It would cross 11 major river systems and thousands of smaller rivers, streams, and wetlands-these waterways are highways for our subsistence lifestyle.
The network of roads and mines would cross many rivers and streams in the foothills of the Brooks Range upstream from villages in critical fish spawning areas. This can have devastating impacts on all fish in-migration and out-migration, spawning and rearing habitat, and will especially compromise species at risk like Chinook. tananachiefs.org - Ambler road projectI lived in Bettles, AK just south of the Brooks Range. I know this area well. This will be an environmental disaster.
