Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that has broader implications than John Sturgeon’s desire to use a hovercraft to hunt moose in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Depending on what the Court decides, the case could … Read More
REVISED from 5/26 For Immediate Release: May 27, 2015 Contact: Brian Litmans, Senior Staff Attorney, Trustees for Alaska, (907) 433-2007 Nuiqsuit Subsistence Users Speak Out against Court Decision Court Finds Corps’ After-the-Fact Analysis Adequate ConocoPhillips Allowed to Move Forward with … Read More
U.S. District Court ruled against Nuiqsut subsistence users when it approved a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps pf Engineers for a Conoco Phillips’ oil and gas project near the community of Nuiqsut. … Read More
On May 27th, a federal judge in Alaska found that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the law when it approved a project to allow oil and gas development in the Colville River Delta without fully considering how the … Read More
Press Release: A Federal judge ruled in favor Alaska Natives from Nuiqsut, finding the Army Corps in violation for an oil and gas permit for CD-5.… Read More
Nuiqsut is located on the Colville River Delta, the largest delta on the Arctic Coastal Plain. The Delta is a biological hot spot, teeming with wildlife and fish. Because of its rich habitat, the Iñupiat have relied on it for … Read More