ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Environmentalists on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump Administration plan to build a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, targets a land-trade deal struck last month between Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and a Native-owned corporation to remove up to 500 acres (202.34 hectares) of land from Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a migratory bird haven in southwestern Alaska.
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