Shelby Herbert

For NPR News, I'm Shelby Herbert in Fairbanks.

Public land orders have kept Alaska's Dalton Corridor under federal control for over 50 years.

State and federal officials say doing away with them clears a path for energy and mineral production.

But that's getting pushback from some Alaskans.

Concerns range from environmental impacts to residents losing subsistence hunting rights.

John Gaedeke is a local activist working to stop the Ambler Road mining infrastructure project on the subject lands.

The Department of the Interior says it'll publish the order in the Federal Register this week.

For NPR News, I'm Shelby Herbert in Fairbanks.