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Dudley Edmondson is joining an expedition by people of color to support the Gwich in tribe. 6:00 pm, Jul. 10, 2021 ×
The Atigun River and Gorge in Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where an expedition of people of color including Duluth s Dudley Edmondson will be touring this month in support of the Gwich in people. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Service)
DULUTH A nationally renowned photographer, videographer, birder and Black outdoor activist will be part of a seven-person expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska this month on a 10-day trek to draw attention to the plight of Indigenous people there trying to stop oil drilling on their homeland.
But the issue remains far from decided.
Edmondson said the expedition including African American, Latino, Native American and Asian American trekkers is part of a larger effort to connect the many environmental and outdoor access battles of people of color across the continent. While in many cases people of color have been excluded from accessing wild lands, in the Gwich’in case, they are trying to keep the access they have, and keep the lands wild.
“The problems (the Gwich’in) face trying to protect their homeland are similar to the problems Black people and other people of color face every day in this country,” Edmondson said. “The social justice issues we have in the Lower 48 and the issues they have up there, are coming from the same people: Affluent white people who do whatever they want, whenever they want to whoever they want.”
ELY, Minn. (AP) â Forest Service officials have temporarily banned campfires in the Superior National Forest, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and closed some lakes and access points because of four wildfires burning in the area.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reporting high or very high wildfire danger across most of northern Minnesota.
The Delta fire is the largest and is burning south of Snowbank Lake about 19 miles (30.5 kilometers) east of Ely. Officials estimated it at 62 acres in size and believe it was caused by lightning, Minnesota Public Radio News reported.
âThe Delta fire is burning in heavy blowdown, and itâs very difficult conditions for our firefighters and resources to work with,â said public information officer Christine Kolinski with the Superior National Forest. âTheyâre having to use chainsaws to cut out safety zones (for firefighters) to put a line around the fire and try to contain it.â
Dudley Edmondson is joining an expedition by people of color to support the Gwich in tribe. 6:00 pm, Jul. 10, 2021 ×
The Atigun River and Gorge in Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where an expedition of people of color including Duluth s Dudley Edmondson will be touring this month in support of the Gwich in people. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Service)
DULUTH A nationally renowned photographer, videographer, birder and Black outdoor activist will be part of a seven-person expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska this month on a 10-day trek to draw attention to the plight of Indigenous people there trying to stop oil drilling on their homeland.