February 27, 2026
The federal government is asking an Alaska district court to deny a bid by several Indigenous communities to vacate a permit associated with a placer gold mining project in the Bonanza Channel near Nome, saying its decision falls well within the "broad zone of reasonableness" under Supreme Court precedent.
November 21, 2025
Several Alaskan Native communities are asking a federal court to vacate a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit and record of decision for a suction dredge mining operation, saying the agency violated a number of federal laws in concluding the project would not harm an ecologically productive estuary.
April 10, 2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to adequately evaluate the effects of a suction dredge mining project for gold on a "pristine" Alaskan estuary, Native American tribes said in a lawsuit filed Thursday.