Trump administration mulling investment in controversial Alaska mining road

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 770

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Trump administration has already put money into a huge and controversial mining project by investing in a company that would benefit from the development.

Now the administration is considering putting federal money into another aspect of the project: the proposed Ambler Access Project that would put a 211-mile industrial road through the currently undisturbed lands in the foothills of the Brooks Range mountains.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum discussed the idea of federal …

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