May 22, 2026
Alaskan tribal councils have resumed a challenge to a multimillion-dollar project that will construct a 211-mile mining access road through a portion of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Reserve, arguing its construction will adversely affect "the heart of a rural area" and its wild abundance.
May 26, 2023
The Alaska state agency developing a 211-mile mining access road across the state's northern wilderness has to get federal permission before starting any pre-construction groundwork for the project on federal, state or tribal land, a Last Frontier federal judge has clarified.
January 20, 2023
The state of Alaska has asked a judge to clarify an order that the federal government review its approval of a $1 billion mining access road project, arguing the Bureau of Land Management should not be able to prohibit preconstruction ground-disturbing activities on state and private lands.
June 15, 2022
An Alaska federal court backed an earlier decision giving the federal government leeway to review a prior approval of a $1 billion mining access road project, finding that work allowed to continue in the meantime will have minimal effects.
May 18, 2022
The U.S. government will reconsider its Trump-era approval of a $1 billion mining access road across protected Alaskan wilderness after a federal judge granted its request to review that project again instead of proceeding with lawsuits brought by tribal and conservation groups.
March 23, 2022
An Alaska federal court was told by both supporters and opponents of a $1 billion mining access road in a protected wilderness area that the federal government's bid to voluntarily conduct further review of the previous administration's approval of the project should be rejected.
February 23, 2022
The federal government Tuesday told an Alaska federal judge it wants to reconsider the approval of a $1 billion mining access road in a protected wilderness area that occurred during the Trump administration.
May 20, 2021
An indigenous land-owning organization asked an Alaska federal judge to let it join a mining road suit, siding against Native American tribes that opened the case over allegedly improper approval and devastating impacts of a 211-mile mining access road.
October 08, 2020
The U.S. government conducted a rushed, inadequate and illegal environmental review before approving a 211-mile mining access road that would devastate habitat and cultural areas in Alaska, Native American tribes have told a federal court.