Friends of Alaska Nat'l, et al v. Debra Haaland, et al

  1. June 16, 2023

    9th Circ. Tosses Alaska's Bid To Revive Land Swap

    The Ninth Circuit permanently tossed litigation over a controversial land exchange that would allow for an emergency access road through Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, finding the appeal moot because the Biden administration withdrew the swap in a dispute earlier this year.

  2. April 27, 2023

    Alaska Questions DOI Authority To Ditch Land Exchange

    The state of Alaska and an Alaska Native village corporation are urging the Ninth Circuit to preserve an appeal over a 2019 land trade that would give a remote Alaska community emergency medical access to a nearby town's airport, saying the federal government's sudden withdrawal from the deal does not moot the litigation and instead creates a new issue to hash out. 

  3. April 26, 2023

    Native Alaskans Say US Can't Withdraw From Land Exchange

    Tribal officials in a remote part of Alaska want the Ninth Circuit to block the federal government from canceling a 2019 agreement that would give their community a new emergency-access road, saying the government ignored clear evidence in finding the deal unsuitable.

  4. March 15, 2023

    Interior Dept. Withdraws Controversial Alaska Land Exchange

    The U.S. Department of the Interior rescinded on Tuesday a Trump-era agreement to relinquish some 500 acres of Alaskan conservation land for a new emergency-access road serving an Indigenous community, saying the deal lacked important environmental protections.

  5. December 02, 2022

    Remote Alaska Village Urges 9th Circ. To Reject Land Swap

    Residents of a Native Alaskan village have asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn a federal land swap hundreds of miles to their south, stating the exchange could pave the way for a commercial road through a wildlife refuge that would disturb wild geese they depend on for subsistence.

  6. November 30, 2022

    9th Circ. Rehearing To Explore 1980 Alaska Conservation Law

    The Ninth Circuit has indicated that the full bench plans to delve into the Carter-era Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act as it mulls the legality of a proposed land swap between the federal government and a Native Alaskan village.

  7. November 14, 2022

    9th Circ. Grants En Banc Rehearing Of Alaska Land Swap

    An en banc Ninth Circuit panel will consider the legality of a Trump-era land exchange between the federal government and a Native Alaskan village, which is aimed at improving emergency response, after conservation groups and former President Jimmy Carter objected to a ruling that upheld the swap.

  8. August 08, 2022

    DOI Fights Rehearing Of Alaska Land Swap

    The U.S. Department of the Interior is opposing a bid for an en banc rehearing by environmental groups over its 2019 approval of a land exchange allowing a road to run through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge land between Cold Bay and King Cove, Alaska, saying that the exchange is not meant for economic gain.

  9. August 03, 2022

    Alaska Native Co. Asks 9th Circ. Not To Revisit Land Swap

    Alaska Native village company King Cove Corp. has urged the full Ninth Circuit to reject a bid by conservation groups to rehear a split circuit panel's ruling clearing the way for a land swap between the village and the federal government for a potential road, saying a Trump administration official amply justified his decision to greenlight the project.

  10. May 10, 2022

    Jimmy Carter Fights 9th Circ.'s Reading Of Law He Signed

    Former President Jimmy Carter warned the Ninth Circuit against upholding a split panel's ruling that cleared the way for a controversial land swap between a Native Alaskan village and the U.S. government, saying the ruling "effectively annuls" key aspects of a landmark conservation law.