“A tribal consortium and five tribal governments in Alaska are suing the federal government to stop the 200-mile so-called Ambler Road that would carve through wilderness in Northwest Alaska to support mining in a mineral-rich district.

The Tanana Chiefs Conference, representing 42 tribes in Interior Alaska, said in a statement on Wednesday that a federal review of the project’s impacts to the region was “rushed, flawed, premature, and inadequate.”” Read the full article here: Villages sue Trump administration over proposed mining road that would cut through remote Interior Alaska