Alaska
‘Wander the Wetlands’ walk hosted by Discovery Southeast and Southeast Alaska Land Trust
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Hikers start their journey. (Picture courtesy of Jasz Garrett/KINY)
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – On Saturday, July 16, a bunch of individuals hiked the Kaxdigoowu Heen Dei path to study its historical past.
Richard Carstensen and Steve Merli from Discovery Southeast lead their second annual nature stroll this morning.
The annual nature stroll often happens within the mid-summer.
Carstensen talked concerning the organizations main the path stroll.
“For the reason that late, late Eighties, we had been doing nature schooling within the faculties. Began that program in grades three by 5 and now prolonged it to Ok, one, and two. After which we do summer season applications to get youngsters outdoors all summer season lengthy. We’re a giant a part of the neighborhood now for the final 30 years. Steve Merli and I are the co-leaders of this stroll and have been doing it for that entire time. We’re at all times assembly mature adults who say I used to be one in every of your nature research youngsters. Within the subsequent few years, I believe we will begin to get to the grandparent technology.”
Carstensen additionally shared details about what individuals skilled on the hike immediately.
“This would be the second annual joint stroll with Discovery Southeast, that I am a workers member of, and the Southeast Alaska Land Belief. We began it final 12 months on this neighborhood and walked by a parcel that we personal, Discovery, that was given to us by the Myer household. After which we completed up on this little enclave in between residential parcels that Seal Belief has a conservation easement on. And we thought this 12 months we do one thing much more adventurous. We’re gonna begin out on the Kaxdigoowu Heen Dei path after which department off and head over towards the again loop highway. So, it is 200 acres plus parcel that Seal Belief owns and has an easement on. Only a few individuals have actually walked the entire thing, it is gonna be type of a cool journey.”
He continued, explaining extra concerning the land’s historical past.
“It’s land that extends southward towards the ocean from the terminal moraine of the advance of Áak’w Kwáan metropolis. The Áak’w individuals’s glacier that superior and crossed what’s now the again loop highway within the mid-1700s. And when the glacier set there, all of the outwash from it meanders by the valley towards the ocean. And this half that we will stroll by immediately is type of a ponded backwater from that interval. So it is nearly completely wetland. So, everyone’s gonna put on boots or be keen to get moist toes immediately.”
If somebody wish to get involved with Discovery Southeast, they’ll go to https://www.discoverysoutheast.org/.
Above: Path guides put together the group for the hike.
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Alaska
Alaska Oil, Gas Rule Draws Lawsuit Alleging Agency Overreach (1)
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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
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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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