President Donald Trump, in his executive order relating to Alaska resources, has reversed the Biden Administration’s decision to revoke federal permits for the road to the Ambler Mining District, a state-owned parcel that has right-of-way across federal land for an industrial-use road.
In August, the Biden Bureau of Land Management locked up 28 million acres of lands and waters and prevented the Ambler Road from being able to be built, even though access to that area was guaranteed by Congress.
Ambler Road would link the Ambler Mining District to Alaska’s highway system, but the 211-mile road needs to cross the Gates of the Arctic National Wildlife Park and Preserve so that mining could produce gold, silver, zinc, copper, and rare earth mineral for America’s national security. There is no other way to access the state land set aside for mining.
This reversal of the Biden decision was among the requests of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy in his transition report to the Trump Administration.
“The Ambler Mining District has extensive deposits of critical minerals and could be a secure, reliable U.S. supply-chain resource, essential for our Nation’s tech-focused economy, green energy products, and military effectiveness,” Dunleavy said in his report to the Trump team.
Read the executive order relating to Alaska at this link.
The order says, “place a temporary moratorium on all activities and privileges granted to any party pursuant to the record of decision signed on June 27, 2024, entitled “Ambler Road Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision,” which is referred to in “Notice of Availability of the Ambler Road Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska,” 89 Fed. Reg. 32458 (April 26, 2024), in order to review such record of decision in light of alleged legal deficiencies and for consideration of relevant public interests and, as appropriate, conduct a new, comprehensive analysis of such deficiencies, interests, and environmental impacts; and reinstate the record of decision signed on July 23, 2020, by the Bureau of Land Management and United States Army Corps of Engineers entitled “Ambler Road Environmental Impact Statement Joint Record of Decision,” which is referred to in “Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road Environmental Impact Statement,” 85 Fed. Reg. 45440 (July 28, 2020).”
Atta-Boy Trump! Hopefully, Lisa gets on the T-Train (and soon). Alaska’s own embarrassment and disappointment… chief “Karen Kat Lady” needs to be tuned-up.
The only way to properly access any area for mining in Alaska is by railroad. That Ambler road fiasco is a never ending, uneconomical, make work project that will be more costly than the income stream it might generate. It is pure idiocy to claim otherwise. A railroad to the western coast of Alaska would be more impactful than the pipeline was, with regard to increased economic activity within the stat of Alaska. Anyone that has used the haul road to the Yukon River bridge knows how that road deteriorates in warm weather and that 160 miles, added to the 211 to the Ambler district is a 800 mile round trip PER TRUCK. And trucks are the second most expensive way to transport ore, only behind air planes.
Dream Big(!!!) … Build both the Road and Railroad.
Yep, a local “tourist Alaskans ” who have never flown to Nome want a road or bike trail to see the sights. They haven’t got a clue about real Alaska.
Nor do you. This honestly doesn’t concern you floridian
Ar least I lived 500 miles from the nearest road and 125 off shore.
Dude, I guarantee you with my career in this state, I’ve been way more places than you. I’ve been to your precious Perryville which I absolutely know you were not a fake teacher at. There’s no school big enough to have such a program.
Ha! You googled me! Lol. No, I wasn’t a shop teacher at Perryville. I did drink with the chief though. Keep hunting, you will get there.
Your the one who disclosed Perryville.
Next trick. Get it done before he leaves office.
Except it’s not even needed now. The deposits are mostly copper and Trump is doing away with the electrification initiatives, so copper demand just collapsed. Critical minerals (e.g., antimony, gallium) being blocked for export by China show up elsewhere (e.g., Susitna Valley), so better for us to build the road to Skwetna.
Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
Yes! That’s WINNING!
We’re back to government funded infrastructure, and privatized profits for rich outside corporations! Yea! Yea!
Trump just needs to give BLM the boot OUT of Alaska. Time to get rid of these worthless alphabet agencies that are infested with anti American leftists!
Yeah, like PFD too.
Jealous you don’t qualify for one?
I had many. Chump change now. You can have mine.
They need to build it, but they need to add a provision that opens it up to public access after a certain number of years like they did the Haul Road. Build it, let the companies use it solely for a few years until tolls pay off the cost of construction, and then open it up for Alaskans to use. The most recent plan had it as private use for mining companies only for the entirety of it’s lifespan.
Who’s going to maintain it ….you?
Ak DOT. That’s who maintains all state roads. I thought you said you once came here with a carpet bag.
And left with it stuffed full of gold. Lol
Do you know anything? A lot of our roads are built with gold rich materials. That’s just alaska.
Not bullion. $2800 today. Did you take my advice and buy in?
Who maintains the Dalton Highway? It’s the same thing and it’s shown to work.
I don’t know if big oil does that or what? But I guarantee you, it’s if it’s the taxpayers, maybe that’s why you guys are in such a bad mood all the time.
It would lose all local support and the impacts to subsistence would be substantial. That would certainly help drive more lawsuits and would go a long way to swaying the larger public’s opinion toward opposition.
Anxiously awaiting loser Lisa comments pertaining to news that is great for Alaska~silence
She has dug a hole too deep to recover, one would hope.
This reminds me of an article the ADN ran in 2017 with a headline “Mining industry rebounding despite low commodity prices”. The reporter was baffled why there was suddenly more mining happening. He never once mentioned Obama being gone as the main reason.
President should give that land. ( entire north slope) to the state.
This might give a little more fiscal certainty to investors. Rather than ponying up millions of dollars to have your lease yanked out from underneath you.
He’s already proving he doesn’t believe he needs congress to overturn laws. How long will congressional Republicans continue to be cucks for Trump? Might completely ignoring them be enough to change the dynamics in DC?
Yeah. Flood the market, force production to slow in the mideast. Prices remain stable. Need to get off of oil. Trump is burning his candle at both ends. Going to get burned.
The Ambler district is not about oil, it’s a mining district. Thought you knew things about alaska, guess not.
We were talking about slope oil fool. Where your pacifier?
You’re mom has it. Please stay on topic, the article is about the ambler road and district. Not north slope oil.
Ambler’s back. Great. Pebble’s next. Cheers –
Does this ring a bell?
‘https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-blocks-controversial-alaska-pebble-mine-project
Sure. One of the dumber things he did in his first term.
Question for you and the rest of the anti-Pebbles: Given the choices for rare earth metals, where would you rather get them? China? Greenland? Pebble?
Note that the only correct answer to this is either “yes” or “all three.” Cheers –
For the record, I was pro pebble and it creating some nice paying jobs for local folks.
Yahoo! Go get the work done and start mining! Yahoo Ambler! Build the road!!Access is great!