U.S. Fish and Wildlife await tribal response for Chilkoot corridor road project

Avoiding impacts to Chilkoot Tlingit cultural artifacts buried along the Chilkoot River corridor, the site of a planned road improvement project, and offering consultation to impacted tribes are among the reasons the project is delayed until next year, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff said this week.

“As a federal agency, we must ensure the project complies with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the Endangered Species Act,”…