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Citing what they characterized as unacceptable risks to wildlife habitat, water quality and the Native communities that depend on natural resources, the Biden administration on Friday rejected the controversial plan to put a 211-mile industrial road through largely wild areas of the Brooks Range foothills. The decision came in a supplemental environmental impact statement released […] The post Biden administration rejection of Ambler road project both panned and celebrated in Alaska appeared fir

The Biden administration said the road, also known as the Ambler Access Project, would cause irreparable damage to wildlife including caribou, which many local people rely on for food.

American rivers that millions depend on for drinking water are at risk of becoming dangerously polluted, posing serious health risks

Conservation and tribal groups welcomed the news, while Alaskan senators blasted Biden for preventing more resource extraction in the state.

The BLM issued its final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Friday, signaling its intent to block the proposed Ambler Road.