🌱 How could the Ambler mining road reshape life along the Kobuk?
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- How could the Ambler mining road reshape life along the Kobuk?
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📰 News we're reading
• Climate Change, New Mining May Push Alaska's Arctic Past The Brink (sej.org) — Residents along the Kobuk River are seeing caribou and salmon decline as climate-driven flooding and shifting migrations reshape a landscape their food and culture depend on. At the same time, a controversial 211-mile Ambler mining road has been federally approved to cut across nearby rivers and tundra, promising jobs and access while raising fresh worries about long-term damage to this fragile Arctic region. 
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