🌱 How one Ambler hunter views the controversial mining road and climate shifts
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In today's newsletter:
- How one Ambler hunter views the controversial mining road and climate shifts
- How could 1,700 Ambler-area mining claims reshape northwest Alaska?
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Turning out clear, with a high of 3 and low of -9 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Wednesday: Mainly clear and cold, temps: high: -5, low: -22.
- Thursday: Becoming cloudy; very cold, with a high of -10 and low of -17 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Climate Change, New Mining May Push Alaska's Arctic Past The Brink (sej.org) — A local Inupiaq guide from Ambler weighs how the proposed Ambler Access Road and rapid climate change could reshape hunting, guiding income, and subsistence traditions along the Kobuk River. As caribou and salmon decline and flooding worsens, he’s torn between protecting the landscape and backing a mining road that might bring jobs and stability to his community. 
• Exploring the Arctic's Underground Resources (economicthinking.org) — Mining plans in the Ambler Mineral Belt, near your community, are highlighted as one of Alaska’s biggest untapped sources of critical minerals, with 1,700 claims awaiting a federal road permit. The piece explains how Arctic mines like Red Dog and potential Ambler-area projects fit into global demand for minerals used in renewable energy, and how long, complex federal permitting shapes what happens next in northwest Alaska.
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