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By Peter Smith FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump’s administration and its allies have pushed aggressively for drilling, mining and logging in Alaska. This has intensified long-standing debate over extraction projects in the nation\u2019s largest state, particularly within Alaska Native communities. Some view such projects as key to jobs and economic development. Others see them posing environmental risks as they\u2019ve already faced severe fishing restrictions on the state\u2019s longest rivers due to a collapse in the salmon population. Scientists are unsure of the causes of the salmon collapse \u2014 which possibly include warming waters and commercial fishing \u2014 but opponents of extraction say its possible impacts could be similar in terms of endangering subsistence traditions and food sources. They say this risks, in turn, damaging their sacred connections to… <\/p>\n

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By Peter Smith FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump’s administration and its allies have pushed aggressively for drilling, mining and logging in Alaska. This has intensified long-standing debate over extraction projects in the nation\u2019s largest state, particularly within Alaska Native communities. Some view such projects as key to jobs and economic development. Others see them posing environmental risks as they\u2019ve already faced severe fishing restrictions on the state\u2019s longest rivers due to a collapse in the salmon population. Scientists are unsure of the causes of the salmon collapse \u2014 which possibly include warming waters and commercial fishing \u2014 but opponents of extraction say its possible impacts could be similar in terms of endangering subsistence traditions and food sources. They say this risks, in turn, damaging their sacred connections to... <\/p>\n

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