Interior Department Strikes Land Swap Deal with Alaskan Village for Road Through National Wildlife Refuge

Washington Post

The Interior Department approved a land swap deal that will allow a remote Alaskan village to construct a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge so people can more easily reach the regional airport. The move overrules wilderness protections through a stretch of tundra and lagoons. Read more from ICN about what’s at stake in the Arctic wilderness.

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