State should consider a land for sea swap
March 5th 12:20 pm | By Alan Stuart Gross Gov. Mike Dunleavy???s recent decision to appeal the Army Corp of Engineer???s rejection of the Pebble mine permit is the wrong move. The state of Alaska instead needs to find creative new sources of revenue to help bring the state into monetary balance and needs to move beyond its failed policies. One thing is clear: given the strong national and statewide movement to protect the Bristol Bay watershed from open-pit mining, state ownership of that land and its resources is highly unlikely to bring significant development, jobs, or revenue to ...
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