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Grandmothers Growing Goodness lives and works in the Western Arctic, advocating for clean air, clean water and healthy livelihoods. Here are some main issues we are following right now.
NEW: The Biden Administration’s New Western Arctic Rules Will Help Protect Indigenous Communities and Cultures
NEW: Grandmothers Growing Goodness Launches New TV, Digital Ad Campaign Thanking Biden For Strengthening Protections for America’s Arctic. Read press release. Public Comments on Arctic Issues
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Update for the NSB Assembly—April 2024
In April 2024, Grandmothers Growing Goodness submitted comments to the NSB Assembly
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Rule Management Input to BLM—December 2023
In December 2023, Grandmothers Growing Goodness offered comments on the proposed rule on the management and protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (Reserve)
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Comments on 2023 Draft NSB Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP)
In November 2023 Grandmothers Growing Goodness submitted comments to the North Slop Borough’s Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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Testimony from Dr. Rosemary Ahtuangaruak submitted to the HNRC Energy and Minerals Resources Subcommittee
In November 2023, Dr. Rosemary Ahtuangaruak submitted comments to the HNRC Energy and Minerals Resources Subcommittee on the importance of subsistence hunting and fishing to Nuiqsut.
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Letter to Secretary Haaland on the Willow Master Development Plan
Dr. Rosemary Ahtuanguruak, Eunice Brower and Carl Brower’s March 2023 letter to Secretary Deb Haaland on the impacts the Willow Master Development Plan would have on the community of Nuiqsut.
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Comments on ConocoPhillips Seismic Survey to DOI/BLM
In December 2023 Grandmothers Growing Goodness provided suggestions for mitigation to protect the caribou, subsistence hunting, and the tundra.
“Cohesion of protecting special areas will help us protect what’s important for our community’s survival.”
– Dr. Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Founder of Grandmothers Growing Goodness
Lands across the Western Arctic are essential to the caribou herds that Inupiat communities depend on. The health and survival of families are on the line - Inupiat subsistence, cultural, and traditional needs must be prioritized over development. This means industry must stop using the existing road during periods of high subsistence or caribou migration, and stop building new roads, in order to ensure the safety and success of hunters and the health of critical caribou herds.
#ProtectTheArctic
“If I could ask the public one thing, I would ask them to engage with our administration to protect these important public lands and the special areas.”
– Dr. Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Founder of Grandmothers Growing Goodness
“The Western Arctic is vital to subsistence hunting traditions, critical wildlife, and the way of life of Alaska Native communities. Yet, threats from climate change and development in the region are mounting. That’s why the new protections for more than 13 million acres of the Western Arctic are so critical. We need @potus to hear our public calls to #ProtectTheArctic by designating a new Nuiqsut Subsistence Use Special Area and co-manage these lands to prioritize Inupiat subsistence, culture, and tradition.”