For many years, the Nationwide Wildlife Refuge Affiliation has labored tirelessly to guard the Izembek NWR from this Street To Nowhere. Its development would have devastating impacts on greater than half 1,000,000 Pacific brant, emperor geese, swans, and different wildlife, leading to habitat fragmentation, disturbance, and air pollution. The street could be the primary ever to bisect a congressionally-designated wilderness, the place by definition, people depart no mark. The precedent opens the door for different wilderness areas to be destroyed. Additional, the ideas established within the “Nationwide Wildlife Refuge System Enchancment Act of 1997” could be reversed.
Whereas we rejoice being granted a rehearing, the combat is way from over. The Nationwide Wildlife Refuge Affiliation can be monitoring efforts to oppose the rehearing and the development of the street within the refuge carefully and proceed to work in direction of everlasting safety of the Izembek Nationwide Wildlife Refuge.