Alatna Village Council et al v. Heinlein et al
Case Number:
3:20-cv-00253
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Firms
- Bessenyey & Van
- Birch Horton
- Holland & Hart
- Lane Powell
- Perkins Coie
- Sonosky Chambers
- Stoel Rives
- Summit Law Group
- Van Ness Feldman
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Government Agencies
- National Park Service
- Native Village of Kobuk
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Department of Transportation
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May 26, 2023
Judge Says Alaska Needs BLM Say-So For Mining Road Work
The Alaska state agency developing a 211-mile mining access road across the state's northern wilderness has to get federal permission before starting any pre-construction groundwork for the project on federal, state or tribal land, a Last Frontier federal judge has clarified.
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January 20, 2023
Alaska Says BLM Can't Block Ground Work On State Lands
The state of Alaska has asked a judge to clarify an order that the federal government review its approval of a $1 billion mining access road project, arguing the Bureau of Land Management should not be able to prohibit preconstruction ground-disturbing activities on state and private lands.
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June 15, 2022
Court Stands By Feds' Review Of Alaskan Mining Road
An Alaska federal court backed an earlier decision giving the federal government leeway to review a prior approval of a $1 billion mining access road project, finding that work allowed to continue in the meantime will have minimal effects.
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May 18, 2022
Feds To Revisit Alaskan Mining Road Plans After Remand Win
The U.S. government will reconsider its Trump-era approval of a $1 billion mining access road across protected Alaskan wilderness after a federal judge granted its request to review that project again instead of proceeding with lawsuits brought by tribal and conservation groups.
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March 23, 2022
Feds Drilled For Remand Bid In Alaskan Mining Road Fight
An Alaska federal court was told by both supporters and opponents of a $1 billion mining access road in a protected wilderness area that the federal government's bid to voluntarily conduct further review of the previous administration's approval of the project should be rejected.
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February 23, 2022
Biden Admin. Will Reconsider Trump-Era OK Of Mining Road
The federal government Tuesday told an Alaska federal judge it wants to reconsider the approval of a $1 billion mining access road in a protected wilderness area that occurred during the Trump administration.
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May 20, 2021
Native Landowning Org. Asks To Join Alaska Mining Road Suit
An indigenous land-owning organization asked an Alaska federal judge to let it join a mining road suit, siding against Native American tribes that opened the case over allegedly improper approval and devastating impacts of a 211-mile mining access road.
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October 08, 2020
Alaska Tribes Sue Gov't Over Proposed Mining Access Road
The U.S. government conducted a rushed, inadequate and illegal environmental review before approving a 211-mile mining access road that would devastate habitat and cultural areas in Alaska, Native American tribes have told a federal court.