Three days after President Donald Trump signed an order approving federal permits for a proposed mining road through the Brooks Range, the U.S. Congress put the finishing touch on a resolution intended to further aid the Ambler Road project.

In a 50-46 vote on Thursday, the U.S. Senate approved a resolution that overturns the Biden administration’s decision to enact a land management plan for Interior Alaska that would have limited development in order to encourage the growth of declining caribou herds, salmon, dall sheep and other wildlife.

That vote followed one in early September by the U.S. House of Representatives. The resolution now goes to Trump’s desk, and the president is expected to sign it.

The Central Yukon Resource Management Plan was the result of a 10-year project to dete

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