Statement from Hunters & Anglers for the Brooks Range on Ambler Road Decision
We respectfully urge the Administration to take a closer look at this project's costs and consequences.
Hunters & Anglers for the Brooks Range is disappointed by yesterday’s decision to approve the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority’s 2016 revised consolidated application for the Ambler Road Project. This 211-mile industrial road would cut through one of the most remote, wild, and exceptional hunting and fishing destinations in North America, threatening fish and wildlife habitat, rural subsistence traditions, and the backcountry experiences that make the Brooks Range unique.
By enabling a foreign-owned company to export raw minerals overseas, the Ambler Road project would deepen U.S. dependence on foreign mineral processing and supply chains. This would directly undermine the goals articulated in recent Executive Orders 14272, 14153, and 14241—which emphasize reducing reliance on adversarial nations for critical minerals and strengthening American control over strategic critical resources.
We respectfully urge the Administration to take a closer look at this project’s costs and consequences. A thorough and objective review may lead to a different conclusion, one that better reflects our shared values of conservation, national security, and responsible resource development.
HABR will remain fully engaged on behalf of hunters and anglers in Alaska and across the nation to conserve the Brooks Range—America’s most wild and remote hunting and fishing grounds—for future generations.
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