WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland Tuesday withdrew a land exchange between the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation authorized by Secretary Bernhardt in July 2019. The Department determined that the 2019 land exchange contained several procedural flaws and was not consistent with Departmental policy. It was entered into without public participation and […]
(Juneau, AK) – Tuesday Interior Secretary Deb Haaland withdrew a land exchange that had been authorized in 2019 to build an 11-mile gravel road connecting the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay. Currently, when a resident in King Cove needs a medical evacuation, emergency services are dependent on good weather at the village’s […]
(King Cove, Alaska) – Wednesday, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited King Cove, Alaska, to listen to residents plead for a road connecting to Cold Bay Airport. Residents shared their testimonies, voicing the need for a safe, dependable, and affordable way to access the Cold […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s invalidation of an Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) land exchange agreement between the Department of Interior (DOI) and King Cove Corporation (KCC). KCC intends to use the land it will obtain in the exchange to build a road to the City of Cold Bay […]