Advancing the Ambler road project bZ`WOQ`WʭWMZ_S_SP^_L_Pɪ^NZY - stitutional responsibility to develop ,WL^VLɪ^PNZYZXdLYO,4/0,ɪ^XT^ - sion to promote, develop and advance PNZYZXTNR]Zb_SLYOOTaP]^TʭNL_TZY TY_SP^_L_PMd[]ZaTOTYRʭYLYNTYR and investment options. I encourage all Alaskans interest- ed in economic growth and diver- ^TʭNL_TZYQZ]Z`]^_L_P_ZUZTYXPTY supporting the continued progress on this important development project. Corri A. Feige is Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
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nomic and environmental analyses, evaluated alternatives, and solicited and incorporated extensive pub- lic input. The Draft Environmental 4X[LN_>_L_PXPY_/04>bL^[`M - WT^SPO,`R`^_ $_SP1TYLW04> ZY8L]NS "LYO_SP-`]PL`ZQ7LYO 8LYLRPXPY_^Ld^_SPʭYLW=PNZ]OZQ Decision is due soon. These studies clearly describe the []ZUPN_ɪ^MPYPʭ__Z,WL^VLɪ^PNZYZ - Xd% ! UZM^LYOQ]ZX #XTWWTZY _Z #XTWWTZYTY]ZLONZY^_]`N_TZY ^[PYOTYR[W`^#dPL]]Z`YO]ZLO maintenance jobs. Development of the ,XMWP]OT^_]TN_ɪ^QZ`]XLUZ]OP[Z^T_^ bZ`WOM]TYR """OT]PN_UZM^NL]]d - TYRL #!XTWWTZYLYY`LW[Ld]ZWW [W`^ TYOT]PN_UZM^NL]]dTYR #XTWWTZYTY[Ld]ZWW,4/0, bZ`WOʭYLYNP]ZLONZY^_]`N_TZY and maintenance by issuing bonds, PL]YTYRMLNVMP_bPPY$##XTWWTZY LYO MTWWTZYɨL[Z^T_TaP]P_`]Y on investment for Alaskans. ?SP,XMWP]=ZLObZ`WOR]PL_Wd improve the possibility of devel- oping known deposits of copper and other minerals in the Arctic and Bornite prospects and would support exploration for and discov- ery of new deposits. Deposits in the Ambler District hold key strate- gic minerals that are increasingly important to Alaska and the nation. Without the Ambler road, those minerals would remain stranded. 7TVPXZ^_,WL^VLOPaPWZ[XPY_ []ZUPN_^_SP]ZLOTY^[T]P^OTʬP]TYR opinions. Opponents claim a road would decimate caribou; that mines would poison water; that access bZ`WOOP^_]Zd9L_TaPN`W_`]P&Z] that progress would drive out wil- derness. Supporters note build- ing roads brings jobs and a lower NZ^_ZQWTaTYR_SL_MPYPʭ_^LWWL]PL ]P^TOPY_^&XTYP^NZ`WOZʬP]^_PLOd jobs and paychecks that compli- ment subsistence activities and allow local residents to stay in their communities; caribou thrive near existing construction and indus- trial projects; and millions of acres of nearby wilderness will remain untouched. AIDEA has carefully followed the process and requirements laid out TY,947.,_SP9L_TZYLW0YaT]ZY - mental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, and other applicable federal laws. On the state side, the Alaska
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