Healy Basin Gas License
The State of Alaska is in the process of considering similar licenses and leases across the state. Now is an important time to give feedback to state agencies as precedent is set for gas and oil development in residential areas and sensitive areas in our state. Stories of “fracking” mishaps in the lower 48 are receiving a lot of media attention in light of increasing evidence of groundwater contamination, air quality deterioration, and impacts to human health. We must encourage Alaska agencies to establish regulations and guidelines that ensure that similar problems won’t be repeated here.
Just down the Parks Highway from Fairbanks…
Usibelli Coal Mine has been issued a license to explore for coalbed methane in a 208,000 acre area in the Healy Basin, including residential and critical wildlife areas in the Stampede Corridor, adjacent to Denali National Park.
The State of Alaska is in the process of considering similar licenses and leases across the state. Now is an important time to give feedback to state agencies as precedent is set for gas and oil development in residential areas and sensitive areas in our state. Stories of “fracking” mishaps in the lower 48 are receiving a lot of media attention in light of increasing evidence of groundwater contamination, air quality deterioration, and impacts to human health. We must encourage Alaska agencies to establish regulations and guidelines that ensure that similar problems won’t be repeated here.
Please join the Denali Citizens Council in their effort to protect sensitive lands and private property in the Healy area.
1. Sign our petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/healygasexploration/
2. Learn more about the gas license at: http://www.denalicitizens.org/healy-basin-gas-exploration-license/
3. Send an email (it can be short and sweet) to DNR Commissioner, Dan Sullivan: daniel.sullivan@alaska.gov - Urge Commissioner Sullivan to reconsider the State’s decision to allow gas development to occur within residential areas and sensitive lands and encourage him to meet with locally impacted residents and the Denali Citizens Council as part of his engagement tour.
5. Contact Molly McKinley, gas organizer, at the Denali Citizens Council to learn more or to receive email updates: molly@denalicitizens.org
Click Here to Download this information in a PDF with a Map of the Healy Basin Gas License
