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Human rights panel to weigh transboundary mining concerns


The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission’s Tis Peterman told lawmakers at an April 27 meeting of the Alaska House Fisheries Committee that its most recent petition was submitted “which basically stated that the trans boundary mining will have devastating effects on our way of life and downstream communities.”
The Washington D.C.-based IACHR is an arm of the 35-member Organization of American States, which Canada joined in 1990. 
But Tribes have complained that progress has slowed. And there’s been little to no consultation with Tribes since the state’s political transition following the election of Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Ray Paddock of the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska told lawmakers that Tribes on both sides of the border have taken to doing their own environmental work independent of state and provincial regulators.  ....

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Feds shouldn't have approved $2 million 'Roadless Rule' grant to Alaska, inspector general says


Feds shouldn’t have approved $2 million ‘Roadless Rule’ grant to Alaska, inspector general says
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U.S. Forest Service officials should not have approved a modified $2 million grant to be used for the state’s push to lift the controversial Roadless Rule from the Tongass National Forest, according to an Inspector General report published Dec. 18.
The report concludes that the process used by the Forest Service to give the state the money and the ultimate use of the funds both ran afoul of federal laws and regulations.
The $2 million was first provided to the state via the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act but state Department of Natural Resources officials requested the grant be modified to allow the state to spend the money to participate in the Roadless Rule determination. Forest Service officials approved the funding change in August 2018 because they said, according to the report, that they needed to act quickly so ....

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Alaska Journal | IG: Feds shouldn't have approved $2M Roadless grant to state


Tue, 12/22/2020 - 10:38am
An Inspector General report released Dec. 18 found that a $2 million grant to the State of Alaska was improperly used on work to support repealing the “Roadless Rule.” (Photo/Courtesy/US Forest Service)
U.S. Forest Service officials should not have approved a modified $2 million grant to be used for the state’s push to lift the controversial Roadless Rule from the Tongass National Forest, according to an Inspector General report published Dec. 18.
The report concludes that the process used by the Forest Service to give the state the money and the ultimate use of the funds both ran afoul of federal laws and regulations. ....

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