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Alaska Environmental Laws

Alaska Environmental Laws

This Thread is about the Environmental Laws in Alaska.

In Alaska is there a right to life in place for animals, plants, etc.?

Does Alaska have strict laws in place to protect the environment?

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The Interior Department, led by Secretary Ryan Zinke, is pushing a plan that would -- for the first time -- allow a new road through a federally protected wilderness area, according to internal government emails.

Local authorities say the road is needed to transport residents of the tiny, isolated city of King Cove to hospitals in the event of medical emergencies. Critics of the road, however, say it would be disastrous, not just for the Izembek refuge but in setting a precedent for construction in wilderness areas nationwide.

The project would be the latest in what has been a series of environmental conservation rollbacks by the Interior Department under President Donald Trump. Ref. CNN.

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Alaskan rainforests are a global lichen hotspot. The rainforest fjords of Southeastern Alaska harbor one of the highest concentrations of lichen diversity found anywhere on Earth, according to a new study. Source 2e.