Interesting insight into Alaska. Have a brother that has lived there since 78 or so. Just had a nice trip there last month. From Fairbanks to Seward. Beautiful, beautiful state.
It sounds like the mining companies cannot be trusted to preserve the environment.
The states are destroying the forests by mismanaging them.
It is beautiful and desolate for sure. It’s strange how left and right can come together for different reasons on this subject with the same goal.
I really despise government ownership of land in general, but I definitely understand the reasons why people don’t want to sell it off into private hands. People being people will absolutely block off, protect, and stop people from traveling freely. This would destroy a way of life for a lot of people that live up here.
I believe a lot of the anti-mining sentiment is still hanging on from decades past, where it was more of a free for all with little to no regulation. That caused a lot of toxic chemicals to leech into the surrounding areas. It wouldn’t be that way today, but people still have that in their heads. Hard to overcome. Just like nuclear power.