Several weeks ago, the Trump administration unilaterally decided to approve a road through Alaskan wilderness in the 300,000-acre Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. This week, the comment period is closing on yet another possible road in Alaska, this one through Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve. Called the Ambler Road, it would be 211 miles long and create access to mine one of the largest lodes of copper in the world in an open pit mine. It would also connect Native Alaskan villages that don’t want a road and cut a scar through the second-largest (and currently roadless) national park.

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Full article by Steve Casimiro for Adventure Journal, photos by James Q Martin