Alaska Corporation Wants to Build Road Through Pristine Wilderness
Published Date: 1/6/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving everyone more time to share their thoughts on a plan to swap some land between King Cove Corporation and Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. If approved, King Cove would build a noncommercial road on the new land. The public, local groups, and tribes can comment until February 13, 2025, so don’t miss your chance to speak up!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Possible Road for King Cove Residents
If a land exchange is approved, King Cove Corporation would acquire refuge land to build a noncommercial road corridor to provide health, safety, and subsistence access between the community of King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska. The draft supplemental environmental impact statement evaluates that potential road and related land exchange.
Tribal Consultation Opportunity
The Fish and Wildlife Service will hold individual consultation meetings with Alaska Native Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations upon request and will consider their information, input, and recommendations in the supplemental EIS process. The agency commits to honoring government-to-government consultation under Executive Order 13175.
Public Comments and Personal Information Posting
If you submit a comment online at https://www.regulations.gov, your entire comment including personal identifying information (for example, address, phone number, and email) will be posted publicly. Hardcopy comments with personal information will also be posted unless you request withholding, which the agency may not be able to guarantee.
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