Trump admin implodes literal Biden roadblock with potential to unleash major mining windfall

Alaska Natives and state leaders lauded a landmark move by the Trump administration to transfer acres of land in the Arctic to a consortium of Natives after the Biden administration balked at state bureaucrats wishes to develop the so-called Ambler Mining Road and claimed they instead were protecting the locals By refusing to allow the haul-road to be built between Coldfoot a remote outpost on the Ice Road Trucker Dalton Highway between Deadhorse and Fairbanks and the isolated group of Ambler about miles westward mining and other expansion was mooted by the feds despite both Juneau's and the Natives' wishes Alaska Republican Gov Mike Dunleavy a vocal proponent of responsible improvement of the Last Frontier s force promising praised President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum after the land transfer was communicated It demonstrates how the Trump administration is prioritizing both local control and responsible natural reserve maturation Dunleavy informed Fox News Digital on Monday 'HOMELAND WOULD'VE BEEN STOLEN' AK NATIVES SOUND OFF ON BIDEN VITALITY BANS AS TRUMP AUTHORITIES TOUR TUNDRA As governor I look forward to working with Secretary Burgum and his staff on delivering federal lands due to the state under the Alaska Statehood Act he explained The law signed by President Dwight Eisenhower both presaged Alaskan statehood one year later and gave the th state greater control over enhancement of its natural guidance This bodes well for both the state and our Native Corporations he noted as NANA the recipient of the land transfer is owned by I upiaq residents who live in and around Kotzebue Ambler and northwestern Alaska He reported the move was long overdue as several Alaska Natives help responsible advance of ANWR Ambler called Ivisaappaat by the Natives and other lands they share with such untapped information despite contends to the contrary from the Lower John Lincoln NANA s president disclosed in a message to Anchorage s NBC affiliate that the neighborhood is also grateful to the Trump administration and the state s congressional delegation for their work ALASKA SENATOR LITERALLY SHREDS BIDEN STRENGTH ORDERS BOOSTS WH EFFORTS TO LEVERAGE ARCTIC LNG IN ASIA ARRANGEMENT NANA s land selections under the Alaska Native Maintains Settlement Act ANCSA were made plenty of years ago by our Elders and past leadership Lincoln announced further praising Sens Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski for their pro-development advocacy in Washington We look forward to continuing to work closely with our federal ruling body on the conveyance of the remaining acres of selected lands and on other issues of great importance to our state and nation NANA s position appeared to conflict with Biden administration asserts that Native communities would be hurt by or might oppose the Ambler project moving forward In April the Biden administration reversed a first-Trump-administration permit for miles of road which was compounded in June of that year by a record of decision from the Bureau of Land Management claiming environmental risks to caribou and fish and formally denying the permit In a last-minute move before Trump took office the Biden administration tripled down in January and appealed the Army Corps of Engineers to at minimum suspend the Ambler project s Clean Water Act permitting CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe administration also alleged negative impacts on the citizens fitness of Native communities including stress subsistence food insecurity and likely exposure to toxins that would disproportionately negatively affect Alaska Native villages in and near the project area according to the Alaska Beacon Burgum described Fox News Digital the Ambler Mining Road land transfer was the Trump administration delivering on its promises He noted Interior will continue to cut red tape honor agreements with Native communities and reduce federal impediments to supply progress AIDEA the state s business expansion and export authority cited in a proposal for the Ambler Mining Road that large caches of zinc lead silver gold and cobalt could be mined and that construction of the three-phase road project itself would create jobs in addition to thousands from multiple planned mine prospects themselves