August 18, 2026
A district court judge vacated an Interior Department decision to exchange 500 acres to allow road construction on Izembek National Wildlife Refuge lands for failing to comply with the provision of a federal Alaskan land law, saying in a Tuesday order that the transaction has no "force or effect."
July 17, 2026
An Alaskan district judge is asking the federal government, the state of Alaska and an Indigenous corporation to provide an anticipated construction timeline for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
June 05, 2026
Alaska is asking a federal court to reject an environmental group and Indigenous villages' bid for a July 15 judgment in their challenge to a federal government decision to allow a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, saying a date for its construction has not yet been solidified.
April 08, 2026
Alaska has asked a federal judge to deny a summary judgment bid by three tribal communities and an environmental group to vacate a U.S. Department of the Interior decision that traded federally protected wilderness to allow for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.