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Scott Streater and Ellen M. Gilmer, E&E News reporters
A federal judge has dealt a likely deathblow to a land-swap deal approved by the Interior Department last year that was meant to clear the way for a 12-mile single-lane gravel road through Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
ILIAMNA, Alaska — For nearly 20 years Alaskans have been fighting over the fate of a massive potential mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay. More than $1 billion into the battle, many Alaska Native villagers are just sick of fighting about it.
By Dylan Brown in Greenwire
The Bureau of Land Management's top official recused himself from decisionmaking tied to nearly five dozen groups and individuals, but his financial ties to some of them will last a lifetime.
By Jennifer Yachnin in Greenwire
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ILIAMNA, Alaska — For nearly 20 years Alaskans have been fighting over the fate of a massive potential mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay. More than $1 billion into the battle, many Alaska Native villagers are just sick of fighting about it.
By Dylan Brown in Greenwire
The Bureau of Land Management's top official recused himself from decisionmaking tied to nearly five dozen groups and individuals, but his financial ties to some of them will last a lifetime.
By Jennifer Yachnin in Greenwire