Livengood Gold Project: What Interior Alaska Should Know and Where to Watch
he Livengood Gold Project is moving back into public focus. International Tower Hill Mines, the company behind the project, told shareholders that it raised approximately US$114 million in January 2026 and plans to use 2026 work to begin a feasibility study, conduct...
Proposed Hardrock Exploration Near the Tanana River Raises Questions About Water, Salmon, Recreation, and Public Review
A new hardrock exploration proposal near the Richardson Highway deserves close public attention, not because every exploration proposal is automatically a mine, but because this one is proposed near important public waters, community recreation areas, and a river...
From our Summer Intern: On the Ground in Wiseman, Alaska (Part One)
Hunting is a vital part of subsistence practices, and is essential to those who live in Wiseman. Whether they hunt big game or small, they all rely on having legal subsistence access to the surrounding area. Before the Public Land Orders 5150 and 5180 were revoked, Wiseman residents were able to harvest moose and other game within the federal lands in the Dalton Highway Corridor, which includes the area around Wiseman, making it convenient for the residents to harvest essential game throughout the year.
Tell the Board of Game: Take No Action on Proposal 4 (Ambler Road Proposal)
The Alaska Board of Game is accepting comments on Proposal 4, a proposed regulation that would close a two-mile-wide corridor along the proposed Ambler Road to hunting and trapping. NAEC’s position is clear: the Board of Game should take no action on Proposal 4. The...