Speak Up For The Brooks Range - Tell the Army Corps what the Arctic Project could mean for Alaska's fish, wildlife, and wild lands.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Arctic Project, a large-scale copper, zinc, lead, gold, and silver mine in the Ambler Mining District in Alaska's Brooke's Range. 
 
BHA is asking Alaskans, hunters, anglers, and BHA members across the country to speak up. 
 
The Brooks Range is one of North America's great remaining wild landscapes. It supports healthy fish and wildlife populations, hunting, fishing, trapping, outdoor recreation, and local economies. For Alaskans, these are not abstract values--they are part of daily and an integral connection to the land. 
 
Before USACE makes a decision on the Arctic Project, the agency needs to fully understand what could be at stake and is asking for comments during this scoping process. The project description relies heavily on the development of the Ambler Road. 
 
Ask USACE to conduct a thorough review of the Arctic Project's impacts on: 
  • Fish and clean water -- including streams, wetlands, aquatic habitat, groundwater, and downstream water quality. 
  • Wildlife and habitat -- including caribou, other game species, migration and movement, and habitat fragmentation. 
  • Hunting, fishing, trapping, and subsistence -- including potential effects from habitat loss, industrial activity, traffic, aircraft, and changes to wildlife behavior. 
  • Backcountry recreation -- including noise, dust, traffic, visual impacts, and the loss of opportunities to experience remote and undeveloped country. 
  • Mine waste and tailings -- including long-term risks from waste rock, tailings, water treatment, spills, and infrastructure failure. 
  • Permafrost and climate-related risks -- including whether changing conditions could affect mine infrastructure and water management. 
  • Closure and reclamation -- including who will be responsible for long-term environmental risks after mining ends. 
  • Alternatives and mitigation -- including whether there are ways to avoid or substantially reduce impacts to fish, wildlife, habitat, and backcountry values. 
  
If you're an Alaskan, tell USACE how you use and value the Brooks Range. If you hunt, fish, trap, float, guide, recreate, or depend on subsistence resources, explain what those experiences mean to you. 
 
If you're a BHA member from outside Alaska, you can speak to the importance of Alaska's wild public lands and waters as part of our nation's shared hunting and fishing heritage. 
 

Submit your comment by November 2, 2026.

This action will send a message to your congressional delegation and add your name as a signer to BHA's comment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We encourage you to personalize your message by explaining your connection to the Brooks Range and why this issue matters to you.

You can also submit an individualized comment directly to the Army Corps at ArcticMineEIS.com.