# 2024-31657: Alaska Corporation Wants to Build Road Through Pristine Wilderness

2024-31657, Notice of Availability; Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for a Potential Land Exchange Involving Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Lands; Extension of Public Comment Period, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective 2025-01-06 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31657
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31657
- Title: Notice of Availability; Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for a Potential Land Exchange Involving Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Lands; Extension of Public Comment Period
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: 2025-01-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Alaska Corporation Wants to Build Road Through Pristine Wilderness

## 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!

## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announce that we are extending the public comment period for a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (draft supplemental EIS) to consider the effects of a potential land exchange of certain lands owned by the King Cove Corporation with certain lands owned by the U.S. Government and located within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Izembek Wilderness Area. If a land exchange is approved, King Cove Corporation would use the acquired land for a road corridor for noncommercial use. We invite comment on the draft supplemental EIS from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted, as they will be fully considered.

## Effects PRIA read

- Possible Road for King Cove Residents: benefit, high. 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 pote…
- Tribal Consultation Opportunity: benefit, low. 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 con…
- Public Comments and Personal Information Posting: cost, low. 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, whic…

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## Sources
- [2024-31657 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31657/notice-of-availability-draft-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-for-a-potential-land)
- [2024-31657 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31657.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31657 (as of 2026-06-08).