Alaska
Iowa father drowns trying to save his 21-year-old son who got swept away at Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park
An Iowa father died while trying to save his son, who got swept away while wading in a river at a national park in Alaska this week.
Matthew Burns, 47, and his 21-year-old son were visiting Lake Clark National Park and Preserve from Keokuk, Iowa, when the two entered the river at the base of Tanalian Falls around 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Alaska State Troopers said in a news release.
The son, who has not been identified, was swept downriver by the powerful current, state authorities and the National Park Service said.
Burns quickly swam after him, but tragically drowned while his son was able to reach safety, authorities said.
The elder Burns was pronounced dead after first responders from the local Port Alsworth Volunteer Fire Department and Southcentral Foundation Lake Clark Wellness Center failed to resuscitate him, the federal agency said.
His body was moved to the state’s medical examiner.
“The National Park Service thanks all of the local community members and volunteer rescue personnel who worked together to respond to this incident,” the federal agency said. “Lake Clark National Park extends its deepest condolences to the family and friends affected by this event.”
The drowning is under investigation, though no foul play is suspected, the park service said.
Lake Clark National Park is in southwest Alaska — about 100 miles from Anchorage – and is filled with various mountains, waterfalls and glaciers.
The tragedy is one of several to strike at national parks this summer.
Alaska
Alaska Oil, Gas Rule Draws Lawsuit Alleging Agency Overreach (1)
An organization of communities in Alaska’s far north sued the Bureau of Land Management Friday over a rule they said “turns a petroleum reserve into millions of acres of de facto wilderness.”
The lawsuit appears to be one of the first to be filed under the Administrative Procedure Act in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision dismantling the Chevron doctrine.
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat alleges that BLM’s “NPR-A Rule” forbids oil and gas development in 10.6 million acres of Alaska, and effectively ends any further leasing and development in an additional 13.1 million acres.
The rule is “directly contrary” to Congress’s purpose in creating the Natural Petroleum Reserve in Alaska—to further oil and gas exploration and development, Voice said in its complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Alaska. BLM “disingenuously” claims that the rule “speaks for Alaska Natives,” the group said.
The rule violates several federal laws, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. It is therefore arbitrary and capricious under the APA, the complaint says.
Voice is represented by Ashburn & Mason P.C.
The case is Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat v. Bureau of Land Mgmt., D. Alaska, No. 24-136, complaint filed 6/28/24.
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Interior Rejects Alaska Mine Road, Protects 28 Million Acres
The Interior Department on Friday moved to prevent mining across Alaska by blocking a road to the copper-rich Ambler Mining District and protecting 28 million acres of federal land statewide from minerals development.
Ambler Road, a proposed 211-mile mining road across Alaska’s Brooks Range, was formally rejected by the Bureau of Land Management, setting up an expected legal clash with the state.
The Interior Department also took a step toward blocking mining and other development on 28 million acres of federal land known as “D-1″ lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Bureau of Land Management on Friday …
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