Defend the Brooks Range | Stop Ambler Road

The State of Alaska is attempting to carve up the heart of the Brooks Range region by establishing a massive industrial corridor to funnel profits to international mining companies. Tribes and communities around the region are joined by hundreds of thousands of Alaskans and people across the nation to say, “Not here, not ever.”

In June of 2024, the Bureau of Land Management listened to Tribes and the will of the people and determined that the impacts of the project were too great for the Ambler road to be lawfully permitted.

Despite this historic win for the Brooks Range, there have already been attempts to reverse the decision and push the project forward.

We’ll continue to be vigilant in the coming months and years. Join us to help keep the Brooks Range wild and free of industrial mining development.

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This road would be an irreversible blow to the Brooks Range. The road itself would be massively disruptive and open the floodgate to widespread destructive mining operations across the iconic region.

A Road to Ruin

The proposed 211-mile, private, industrial access corridor would impact over 60 Alaska Native villages with the proposed mining district located nearest villages of Kobuk, Shungnak, Ambler, which sit downstream from what would be multiple open-pit mines.

Gates of the Arctic

The road would cut right through the foothills of one of our country’s most majestic and ecologically intact landscapes – Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

Pollution-Spewing Trucks

Pollution-spewing trucks hauling mining materials to and from the mining corridor would traverse the stretch hourly, continuously, for over 30 years, with high risk of spills and certain impact to vegetation, wildlife, and soundscape of the region.

Fresh Water

Thousands of rivers and streams flowing out of the Brooks Range are the lifeblood of the region’s communities, culture, and wildlife. These waterways would be bulldozed, redirected, and polluted.

Caribou Herd

This road would disrupt the 2,700+ mile migration route of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, one of the last great land migrations left on Earth, threatening the 30+ communities that rely on hunting the animals to feed their families and traditional subsistence way of life.

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All Risk No Reward

The proposed Ambler road would cut through one of our nation’s largest and wildest public landscapes. These millions of cherished wild acres support one the greatest caribou herds left on Earth, a way of life for the region’s Alaskan Native peoples, and world-class hunting, fishing, and recreation. All this would be sacrificed so that foreign mining companies could try to exploit the region and squeeze profits from Alaskan land.

Yet, the Ambler road will not make Alaska or America richer, safer, or more resource resilient. This is a highly speculative boondoggle, with no proven return on investment.

During a time when key Alaskan institutions desperately need funding, wasting over $1.4 billion of state money on foreign mining companies is effectively prioritizing outside interests over the will and well-being of all Alaskans.

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