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U.S. Navy releases Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training Activities Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS

By Julianne Stanford-Environmental Public Affairs Specialist | Navy Region Northwest on Dec 11, 2020   At Sea, Featured, State  

U.S. Navy releases Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training Activities Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS

SILVERDALE, Wash — The U.S. Navy has prepared a draft supplement to the 2011 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training Activities Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) and the 2016 GOA Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS. In the 2020 Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the Navy assesses the potential environmental effects associated with continuing […]

U.S. Department of Agriculture Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska Roadless Rule

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sep 25, 2020   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

U.S. Department of Agriculture Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska Roadless Rule

  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thursday announced the upcoming publication of a Final Environmental Impact Statement that describes the environmental effects of six alternatives, including whether the Tongass National Forest should be exempted from the 2001 Roadless Rule.   A copy of the final statement will be available on the project […]

In Secretly-Recorded ‘Pebble Tapes,’ Mining Execs Reveal True Scope of 200-Year Project Planned for One of Earth’s ‘Most Pristine Ecosystems’

By Julia Conley | Common Dreams on Sep 22, 2020   Featured, National, National/World, Politics, Southwest Alaska, State  

In Secretly-Recorded ‘Pebble Tapes,’ Mining Execs Reveal True Scope of 200-Year Project Planned for One of Earth’s ‘Most Pristine Ecosystems’

  “The Pebble Tapes reveal what we suspected,” said the Audubon Society of Alaska. “This is not a small, short-term project.” Tapes secretly recorded by the Environmental Investigation Agency reveal that two large mining companies in Alaska have far more expansive plans for a mine near the Bristol Bay fishery than they have publicly acknowledged in […]

Federal Court Rules Against Massive Old-Growth Rainforest Logging Plan in Alaska

By Randi Spivak | Biological Diversity on Mar 12, 2020   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

Federal Court Rules Against Massive Old-Growth Rainforest Logging Plan in Alaska

  JUNEAU, Alaska― A federal judge today rejected the Trump administration’s enormous commercial timber harvest and road-building plan for Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest of southeast Alaska. The judge ruled that the project’s approval violated the National Environmental Policy Act, which sets standards for public engagement on federal projects that will alter the environment, […]

Alaska’s Ambler ‘Road to Resources’ Project Analysis Available for Public Comment

By BLM Alaska Communications on Aug 25, 2019   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, State  

Alaska’s Ambler ‘Road to Resources’ Project Analysis Available for Public Comment

  Proposed industrial access road would create local jobs and facilitate resource development and economic opportunities for Alaska    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road became available Friday on the Bureau of Land Management Alaska’s website. Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is proposing […]

Proposed Willow Development Plan Available for Public Comment

By Lesli Ellis-Wouters | BLM Communications on Aug 24, 2019   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, State  

Proposed Willow Development Plan Available for Public Comment

  The BLM seeks input on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Willow Master Development Plan potentially furthering development of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska   ANCHORAGE, Alaska — To support increased production of Alaskan energy resources and achieving energy dominance, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input on the […]

Alaskans to elected decision makers: proposed Bristol Bay protections have never been more important

By Bristol Bay Coalition on Jul 6, 2019   Featured, Southwest Alaska, State  

Alaskans to elected decision makers: proposed Bristol Bay protections have never been more important

  DILLINGHAM, AK — In response to comments by the U.S. EPA stating major insufficiencies in Pebble’s plan and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), and in the wake of last week’s news that the EPA will resume the withdrawal process for the 2014 proposed determination that would protect the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed, a […]

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Massive Old-growth Timber Sale in Alaska National Forest

By Randi Spivak | Biological Diversity on May 8, 2019   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Massive Old-growth Timber Sale in Alaska National Forest

  Prince of Wales Sale Would Harm Habitat, Local Economy JUNEAU, Alaska— Eight conservation groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday to stop its authorization of the largest logging project in the national forest system in a generation, including thousands of acres of old-growth timber in the Tongass National Forest. Tuesday’s lawsuit says the U.S. Forest Service is […]

Commercial Fishermen Dismayed with Legislature’s Confirmation of Pro-Pebble Advocate to Head Key Water Quality Watchdog Agency

By Tyson Fick | Salmon State on Apr 18, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

Commercial Fishermen Dismayed with Legislature’s Confirmation of Pro-Pebble Advocate to Head Key Water Quality Watchdog Agency

  Jason Brune Approved as Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Juneau – Legislators voted to confirm Jason Brune as Commissioner for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). By voting him in, those legislators ignored the voices of thousands of Alaskans who weighed in during public testimony.  By voting to confirm a former Pebble Limited Partnership […]

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