Environmental groups are girding for a fight on Capitol Hill with Republicans angling to revive a contentious mining road that would intersect large swaths of pristine land in Alaska.
Rep. Nick Begich (R-Alaska) told reporters Wednesday at a press conference in Anchorage that a Congressional Review Act resolution he floated last month would advance the 200-mile-long Ambler Road project that was scuttled under the Biden administration. A House leadership aide confirmed that Begich’s resolution would be up for a vote next week.
Begich floated H.J. Res. 106 to undo Biden’s Central Yukon Resource Management Plan, which the Bureau of Land Management approved last year. Republican Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are sponsoring companion language.
“Ambler is a part of that,” Begich said when asked about his resolution. “We heard from regional stakeholders, including Alaskan Native corporations, who own significant lands and have significant interest. … There was a clearly identified need to repeal that rule.”
