DNR has granted land-use rights for a proposed 315-mile long pipeline that would stretch from Cook Inlet to the proposed mine site.
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Orutsararmiut Native Council to challenge Donlin Mine water quality certificate in court
The most recent appeal comes a month after state environmental conservation commissioner Jason Brune upheld the certificate.
Feds settle with environmentalists over Tongass lawsuit costs
But a federal judge agreed with the plaintiffs who argued that the federal agency didn’t follow the law when it approved the timber sales, because it hadn’t provided site-specific information on areas that could be logged.
Challenge to Tongass timber sale on Prince of Wales Island upheld in court
A federal judge has ruled in favor of green groups challenging the largest Tongass timber sale in decades.
Conservation groups sue over Prince of Wales Island project
In March, the U.S. Forest Service signed off on the final environmental review for what could be the largest logging operation in more than a decade in a national forest.
Where did the Birdman of Alcatraz commit his first murder?
Many people are familiar with the story of Robert Stroud, one of the country’s most famous inmates of the last century, and how he spent over half his life in solitary confinement and gained fame for his careful study of birds and bird diseases. But many people probably don’t know that Stroud was initially sent to prison for a murder he committed just a few short blocks away from the present-day Alaska State Capitol in downtown Juneau.
Supreme Court won’t hear Tongass Roadless Rule exemption
The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a case that could have expanded logging in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.