I’m going to retire from Red Dog Mine soon. I want to keep hunting and fishing after I retire. That’s why I don’t want the Ambler Road.
Published: May 17, 2023My name is Sidney Cleveland. I’m from Ambler . I’m a tribal member and NANA shareholder. This letter is my opinion and I’m not representing any company.
The hunting and fishing down here was good so my family and others moved down here. Ever since, we’ve always had game: caribou, moose, bears, mink, foxes, wolverine and lynx. All of it. Springtime, we hunt geese, ducks and beavers. In summertime we fish — a lot. I remember when I was growing up, we set nets all over. We had fun, we had lots to eat and we had a lot of work to do.
Now Red Dog wants to build an underground mine a few miles away and another road to that spot. And then there’s the Ambler Road. Both of these roads are like a fence for migrating caribou. Ambler Road is a long fence. So I don’t like this development. I’ve seen maps of the road that go right to the Ambler River, which enters the Kobuk River right at Ambler village. Are the mining companies planning to tap into our clean water? Lots of people have allotments on the Ambler River; they hunt and fish on the Ambler River. If that mining company and road mess up that clean water, it will really affect us and our fishing.If they build Ambler Road, trucks will run off the road and spill ore.
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