Thank You for Standing Up for the Brooks Range This Year
Where we’ve been, where we’re going
As we close out 2025, all of us at Hunters & Anglers for the Brooks Range want to express our sincere gratitude for your support, grit, and steady commitment to conserve one of Alaska’s last truly wild places.
This has been a year defined by determination. The threat of the proposed Ambler Industrial Road remains real, especially given new directives that attempt to fast-track the project. But thanks to this community of hunters, anglers, businesses, guides, outfitters, rural residents, and public-land owners, the fight is far from over. Together, we are making a difference.
This year alone, 44 new businesses joined the campaign to maintain the backcountry character of the Brooks Range, lifting the total to 87 official business and organizational partners. We highlighted over a dozen authentic Alaskans who are actively speaking up on behalf of America’s most wild and remote hunting and fishing grounds, and more than 20,000 individuals have now taken action through the campaign. Through these and other efforts, we helped eliminate Ambler Industrial Road amendments from the budget reconciliation legislation. This outcome would not have been possible without the collective voice of sportsmen and sportswomen like you. We greatly appreciate your involvement!
Despite an October directive to reissue key permits, the Ambler Industrial Road still faces substantial hurdles before any construction could begin. HABR members have been clear from the start that this 211-mile industrial corridor conflicts with an “America First” approach to mineral development. Advancing a project into the most remote landscape left on the continent, thousands of miles away from the infrastructure where the ore would ultimately be processed in China’s smelters, does little to benefit Alaskans, the American public, and national security.
As we head into a new year, our work continues. In 2026, HABR will:
- Support and highlight the voices of rural Alaskan residents and business owners whose livelihoods rely on this wild landscape to remind decision makers what’s truly at risk
- Push for a science-driven review of the Ambler Industrial Road’s impacts
- Highlight the national security risks of exporting unprocessed minerals overseas to our nation’s adversaries
- Grow and activate this coalition to ensure that lawmakers hear from hunters and anglers
Because of voices like yours, we’ve helped build a movement strong enough to make sure this controversial project remains in the national spotlight. The future is far from decided, so we’ll keep elevating the hunt-fish community’s story and standing up for the Brooks Range in the coming year.
Take action now to 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.
