- State: AK
- NPCA Region: Alaska
- Est. Date: 1980
Without roads, trails or formal campgrounds, Gates of the Arctic’s 7-million-acre wilderness covers vast terrain, including the jagged peaks of the Brooks Mountain Range, glacier-carved valleys, boreal forest, six Wild and Scenic Rivers, and arid stretches of polar desert — all north of the Arctic Circle.
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An Enormous, Wild Victory for Alaska
Tireless advocates stepped up in 2024 to defend the Brooks Range and America’s largest intact park landscape from the Ambler mining road — and they won
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Northwest Alaska: ‘Vast, Beautiful and Resilient.’ Let’s Keep It That Way.
As the Bureau of Land Management reevaluates its permit for the Ambler mining road in Alaska, here are 6 things to know about the possible road’s impact on the Alaskan…
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Greetings from Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve
Our family visited every National Park before my brother went to college. We had to pull off a fast play to get Pinnacles done as it was so recently added. This collage framing our first map of the parks prior to the new additions serves as the centerpiece to our…
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Read more about Victory for 20 Million Acres of National Park Lands
NPCA at Work Victory for 20 Million Acres of National Park Lands The Biden administration protected America's largest national park landscape by stopping a 211-mile industrial mining road that would have sliced through Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, disrupted caribou migration and threatened the subsistence lifestyles of rural Alaskans
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Read more about Alaska Wildlife: Court Orders National Park Service to Revise Hunting Rules
Press Release Alaska Wildlife: Court Orders National Park Service to Revise Hunting Rules District Court concludes that rule allowing destructive hunting practices on national preserves in Alaska is arbitrary, sends it back to agencies to revise
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Read more about Report: Alaska’s economic claims for Ambler Mining Road don’t pan out
Report Report: Alaska’s economic claims for Ambler Mining Road don’t pan out New analysis indicates it is far too soon for the State of Alaska and Ambler Metals to promise financial prosperity – or breaking even – with the proposed mining road
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Read more about Alaskan Mining Operations Severely Underestimated Hazardous Spills
Report Alaskan Mining Operations Severely Underestimated Hazardous Spills New analysis compares the predicted impacts described in permitting documents to actual spill records from five major operational hardrock mines.
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Read more about New Analysis Examines 8,000 Spills at Alaska’s 5 Largest Mines
Press Release New Analysis Examines 8,000 Spills at Alaska’s 5 Largest Mines Federal permitting processes for Alaska’s 5 largest mines severely underestimated the risks of spills — more than 300 per year
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Read more about Biden Administration Acknowledges Legal Problems with Interior’s Ambler Road Approval
Press Release Biden Administration Acknowledges Legal Problems with Interior’s Ambler Road Approval But the administration’s action does not stop flawed approvals of the Ambler Road through the wildlands of Northwest Alaska, including Gates of the Arctic National Preserve.
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Read more about Parks in the Arctic
Blog Post Parks in the Arctic Alaska is home to nearly two-thirds of the land in the entire National Park System — some 54 million acres in all. But only four U.S. national park sites lie entirely north of the Arctic Circle.
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Read more about Biden Administration Announces Delayed Response to Ambler Mining Road Lawsuits
Press Release Biden Administration Announces Delayed Response to Ambler Mining Road Lawsuits "The administration should reject the road permits and take a stand against the foreign mining corporations pushing for a private driveway through Gates of the Arctic National Preserve” -- NPCA's Alex Johnson
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Read more about Groups sue Trump administration over illegal approval of Ambler road
Press Release Groups sue Trump administration over illegal approval of Ambler road Lawsuit charges agencies with violating the Clean Water Act, ANILCA, NEPA, and other laws
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Read more about Interior Favors Industry with Mining Road Approved through America’s Wildest National Park & Preserve
Press Release Interior Favors Industry with Mining Road Approved through America’s Wildest National Park & Preserve The Department of Interior is turning a blind eye to the Park Service’s mission and rolling out the red carpet to international mining companies
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Read more about Interior Targets Alaska Park Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups with Final Hunting Plan
Press Release Interior Targets Alaska Park Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups with Final Hunting Plan “Amid the global pandemic, the Trump administration is declaring open season on bears and wolves through its sport hunting rule on national parklands in Alaska" -- NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno
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Read more about Alaska Officials Use Pandemic to Transfer Funds for Mining Road
Blog Post Alaska Officials Use Pandemic to Transfer Funds for Mining Road The misappropriation of $35 million in state funding to help small and medium-sized businesses could instead support construction of a 211-mile road through the wildest national park landscape in America.
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Read more about Trump Administration Sacrifices Parklands, Wildlife and Alaska Native Ways of Life for Mining Road
Press Release Trump Administration Sacrifices Parklands, Wildlife and Alaska Native Ways of Life for Mining Road "At a time when we are facing a global health crisis, this administration is ramming through a proposal to build the Ambler industrial mining road in one of the wildest places in America." -- NPCA's Alex Johnson
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Read more about Gates of the Arctic: No Place for a Mining Road
Fact Sheet Gates of the Arctic: No Place for a Mining Road The proposed Ambler Mining Road threatens wilderness recreation, rural lifestyles and the fragile ecosystem of our country’s premier wilderness park.
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Read more about Glossary of Unbearable Terms
Resource Glossary of Unbearable Terms Maps and illustrations showing Alaska's War on Wolves and Bears.
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Read more about Ambler Mining Road Fact Sheets
Resource Ambler Mining Road Fact Sheets Alaska recently proposed a private industrial road along the southern Brooks Range to facilitate construction of an open pit copper mine near Ambler, Alaska.
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