AMA is grateful for Don Young
Congressman Don Young was elected to our state’s U.S. House seat in 1973 and from that day, he was a staunch defender and promoter of Alaska’s miners. Some notable statements from him along the years include: “Alaska has a long history of placer mining operations beginning in 1800. Alaska is one of the few places left that has this unique and beneficial industry. Most are small, but is a robust industry that provides hundreds of jobs and benefits to ru - ral Alaska and it must be defended.” “Despite the creation of meddle- some federal agencies like the EPA, safe and responsible mining in Alas- ka has occurred for well over 120 years, and it is my intention to see that activity continues as the time honored Alaskan tradition that it is.” “We are in the midst of a contin- ued global supply chain crisis that has seriously constrained the avail- ability of critical minerals. “Frankly, we can and should be
responsibly developing critical min- erals here in Alaska instead of con- tinuing to be reliant on adversarial nations and the whims of geopoliti- cal faceoffs.” “Alaskans can continue counting on me to stand up for our state, and working to ensure that activist forc- es from Outside do not lock away our lands forever.” We will miss the Congressman for all Alaskans, and certainly Alaska’s miners, immensely. We would like to ask AMA mem- bers for help in compiling a tribute to this legend. Please share with us your stories, your photos and your communications with the Congress- man from his nearly 50 years of supporting mining in Alaska. Send them to the staff at ama@alaska - miners.org. But first, go outside and do some - thing that makes you thankful to be in this great state we live in, and be thankful for Congressman Don Young, who helped make it that way.
Photos Courtesy Office of Don Young
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