Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has ordered a new review of previous proposals for a land exchange — authorized under the Trump administration — that would allow for a road to be constructed between King Cove and Cold Bay.
A view of the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the mountains beyond is visible from near the end of an existing road on the eastern side of Cold Bay on April 20, 2022. Many residents of King Cove hope to extend the road to connect with the city of Cold Bay.
Conservation groups who oppose the road have argued that it would support commercial interests and harm migrating waterfowl and other wildlife that depend on the 310,000-acre refuge near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. “We’re going to work through this process. We have seen the Interior’s announcement and filing on which we have no further comment,” Trumble said by email.
on Alaska’s North Slope, marking two significant decisions impacting the state from the Biden administration in as many days.
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