Moscow supports Vostok Coal’s expansion into protected Arctic tundra
Company Vostok Coal has been been fined several hundred million rubles for illegal mining in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula, but still
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First Nation in Canada’s Northwest Territories votes to support creation of national park reserve
Members of the Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation voted in favour of the proposed Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve on
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Trump’s pick for U.S. Interior secretary has worked for Alaska and energy industry
U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated David Bernhardt to be the next secretary of Interior, to replace Ryan Zinke. Bernhardt
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Alaska’s Murkowski aims to revive public lands bill in U.S. Senate
One of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s first priorities in the Congress that begins Thursday is to pass a 680-page public
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Finland’s national parks popular despite poor maintenance
Finnish national parks are in high demand, but about a third of their paths are in moderate or serious disrepair,
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U.S. Gov quietly allows land survey in Alaskan wildlife refuge, enviro groups furious
Conservation groups say the Interior Department has gone behind the public’s back and conducted a land survey in the Izembek
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Finnish national parks will remain free despite budget woes
Outdoor destinations managed by the state forest agency Metsähallitus will still be free for public use regardless of budget shortfalls,
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Trump claims Alaska wildlife refuge road ‘almost completed’… but is it?
President Trump on Tuesday asserted the controversial King Cove road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (southwestern Alaska) will be
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Supreme Court’s rehearing of hovercraft hunter case could test Alaska’s sovereignty
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rehear the case of an Alaska moose hunter whose use of a hovercraft
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Russia adds small Arctic island to large national park
Victoria Island and its nature is up for better protection. The 10,8 square km island located between the archipelagos of
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Fish show traces of banned pesticides in some Alaska parks
Traces of pesticides that were likely never used in Alaska and have — in some cases — long been outlawed
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