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Current and Proposed Oil and Gas Lease on Alaska's North Slope

This map, updated year round, shows currently active leases and sale areas.

Created in collaboration with The Wilderness Society, Northern Alaska Environmental Center, and the Conservation GIS Center.

Last update 2/29/2008

Oil Exploration and Development in America's Arctic

This map, updated year round, depicts the sprawl of industry wells, pipelines, and roads across the North Slope.

Created in collaboration with The Wilderness Society, Northern Alaska Environmental Center, and the Conservation GIS Center.

Last update 11/26/2006

Chuitna Coal

Plans are currently underway to develop a massive coal strip mine near the small community of Beluga and the village of Tyonek, 40 miles west of Anchorage across the Cook Inlet. The project would extract more than 1 billion tons of coal over the next 25 years, making it the largest coal mine in Alaskan history.

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Last update 12/5/2006

Chuitna Coal (Detail)

Intial mine plans are to strip up to 1 billion tons of coal from roughly 30 square miles and to discharge approximately 7 million gallons of mine wastewater daily into streams of the Chutina River watershed.

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Last update 1/17/2007

Pebble Mine

Northern Dynasty Mines Inc. hopes to create the largest open pit gold mine in North America in the Bristol Bay watershed. This map depicts productive fish habitat downstream of the potential mine site.

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Last update 11/2/2006