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Alaska wildlife refuge
The Interior Department, led by Secretary Ryan Zinke, is pushing a plan that would -- for the first time -- allow a new road through a
federally protected wilderness area, according to internal government emails.
Local authorities say the road is needed to transport residents of the tiny, isolated city of King Cove to hospitals in the event of medical emergencies. Critics of the road, however, say it would be disastrous, not just for the Izembek refuge but in setting a precedent for construction in wilderness areas nationwide.
The project would be the latest in what has been a series of environmental conservation rollbacks by the Interior Department under President Donald Trump.
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