Anchorage — An Alaska Native Tribal Government and three conservation groups are suing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for failing to consider the future impacts of mine development before approving an exploration plan for a hardrock mine project in the Chilkat River watershed in Southeast Alaska. The Chilkat River — “Jilkaat Heeni” in […]
The Veterans History Project (www.loc.gov/vets) is a national campaign through the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress designed to honor America’s veterans by getting interested citizens the tools and resources needed to create oral histories of veteran’s stories. Veterans who have either served in an overseas war or directly supported a war on […]
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, the House Committee on Natural Resources unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Alaska Congressman Don Young to authorize and streamline the expansion of the Terror Lake hydroelectric project on Kodiak Island, Alaska. “There’s no reason why a hydro-rich community like Kodiak should ever have to rely on diesel fuel for power generation,” […]
An assessment released on Tuesday by hedge fund manager, Kerrisdale Capital Management concerning the proposed Pebble Mine prompted a response by the United Tribes of Bristol Bay later in the day. According to the assessment of the controversial mine, KCM said in a release that the former partners of Pebble had “concluded that the Pebble […]