Haaland hasn't made decision on Alaska refuge road issue by Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press Posted Aug 4, 2021 6:40 pm EDT Last Updated Aug 4, 2021 at 6:57 pm EDT JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has not decided the position she will take on a proposed land exchange aimed at building a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, a U.S. government attorney said Wednesday in arguing the position taken by Haaland’s predecessor. Michael T. Gray, a Justice Department attorney, told a federal appeals court panel Haaland planned to review the record and visit King Cove, the community at the heart of the dispute, before making a decision. He said the position he was arguing had not been “taken back in any way.”