America First? Not When Public Lands Are Being Used to Profit a Foreign Company. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Date: October 6, 2025 
Contact: Anja Semanco | 724-967-2777 | anja@alaskawild.org 

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Alaska Wilderness League strongly condemns the Trump administration’s attempted reversal of the Ambler Road Project. This 211-mile industrial corridor would carve through Alaska’s pristine wilderness, threatening wildlife, communities, and public lands. In response, Alaska Wilderness League State Director Maddie Halloran released the following statement: 

“Why is the federal government rushing to destroy public lands to benefit a foreign company instead of focusing on ending a government shutdown?” said Maddie Halloran, State Director at Alaska Wilderness League. “This is anything but putting America first: In addition to pushing for the Ambler Road, the U.S. government is making a direct investment in Trilogy Metals, a Canadian-owned company looking to mine the Ambler district, taking minerals and profits out of the country. After widespread opposition from Alaskans during the SEIS process, it’s adding insult to injury to have this project pushed through to benefit a foreign company. This isn’t economic growth, it’s a giveaway that puts corporate profit ahead of Alaska’s communities and our environment.” 

ABOUT AMBLER ROAD: At risk is not just the construction of a road, but a massive industrial corridor threatening North America’s largest protected and roadless region, along with the food security and clean water of Alaska Native Tribes. The project would destroy over 1,400 acres of wetlands, cross nearly 3,000 streams, cut through Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, disrupt sheefish and salmon spawning habitats, and bisect the migration of one of the world’s largest caribou herds. Its ultimate goal is to develop multiple open-pit copper mines, putting fisheries, subsistence resources, and the livelihoods of local communities at risk. This is a threat to the integrity of Alaska’s wildest lands and the communities that depend on them. 

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