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Credit Dean Swope / KYUK On July 22, six tribes appealed 12 water rights permits granted to Donlin Gold. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued the permits last month.  The 12 water rights permits allow Donlin to use ground and creek water for a variety of purposes. One will allow the mine to pump out groundwater so it can dig a pit. Another permit allows the mine to pump water to its office and residential facilities. The law firm Earthjustice represents six Yukon-Kuskokwim D...

Feds settle with environmentalists over Tongass lawsuit costs Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Apr 8, 2021 Clearcuts and old-growth forests are part of the view on Prince of Wales Island. (Nick Bonzey, Flick Creative Commons) Industry groups and the federal agency argued that the project was key to keeping Southeast’s last mills running over the next decade. But a federal judge agreed with the plaintiffs who argued that the federal agency didn’t follow the law when it approved the tim...