Zinke signs agreement to allow ‘live-saving’ road between Alaska tribal village, airport

The Washington Times ^ | January 22, 2018 | Valerie Richardson

[jazusamo]

Alaskan tribal members have fought for decades to win approval for a 12-mile road between their remote Aleutian fishing village and a critical all-weather airport, and the federal government’s shutdown wasn’t going to get in their way.

At an emotional ceremony Monday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an agreement for a land exchange that will allow construction of a road between King Cove and an all-weather airport in Cold Bay.

The Obama administration blocked the project because of concerns about its impact on a wildlife refuge.

Signing the deal on behalf of the King Cove Native Corp. was finance manager Della Trumble, an Agdaagux tribal member who said the issue is “truly a matter of life and death to us.”

“On behalf of the community of King Cove, and the many people that have died and have suffered, we are so grateful, beyond grateful, to those who have supported us,” Ms. Trumble said at the ceremony in Washington. “Secretary Zinke, the administration, we thank you very much. This has been a long battle.”

The gravel road will allow residents of the isolated community to drive through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to the all-weather airport, enabling them to more quickly reach medical facilities in Anchorage on days when storms and high winds make it too dangerous for them to fly out of their local airport.

[jazusamo]

Common sense finally triumphs over politics and enviro-nazism.

[dirtboy]

Liberal put critters over people, even when the people are marginalized natives.

[miniTAX]

Most of times, there is even no critters to protect, just barren land and rocks, prioritized over people and development. Because it never is about protection, but how to screw the evil man.

[SandRat]

GLAD THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO THROW OBAMA TO THE Orcinus orca.

[SuperLuminal]

Hope Murkybitch takes notice and discards her leftist tendencies...

[2harddrive]

BRAVO! Thank you, President Trump and Appointees!

[catbertz]

Common sense is so damn sensible. A measure of insanity is how much effort is exerted to #RESIST common sense. In this case, a gravel road will have minimal to no effect on critters.

[2harddrive]

Fight against the America haters. Proof: https://www.schumershutdown.com/

[hoosiermama]

Another “WINNING”! Never tire of it!

[jazusamo]

Exactly, then for her to lose in 2020 election.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Friggin unbelievable! I'm speechless. A lifeline for a remote Eskimo village in the middle of nowhere, was blocked by Obama, the savior everything non-white. Ahhh, but now I get it, animals and mud bogs are higher in the pecking order of privileged groups than any human.

I don't know if city people even understand how much remote unused land we have in this country, and how totally insignificant 12 miles of road actually is. In the American West, 12 miles of road amounts to a picayune distance of far less than a half of a city block in urban terms.

[jazusamo]

Alaska Ping!

[jazusamo]

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[jazusamo]

Yep, and most of Alaska is a remote wildlife area.

[KC_Lion]

Alaska Ping.

[KC_Lion]

Thank You for the ping and especially the post jazusamo :)

I remember reading about this some time ago.

[jazusamo]

Most welcome, KC.

I just remembered you had an Alaskan ping list as well as Sarah’s, thanks for pinging!

[Lopeover]

Seems reasonable for the people who live there.

[KC_Lion]

Read about the weather roads being very much needed at these villages I mean.

Good to see this resolved.

[KC_Lion]

lol, I need to change my tagline to include the Alaska Ping list as well.

Did you want to be on the Alaska list jazusamo? I am always on the lookout for Alaska related articles. :)