The Biden administration has thrown its support behind a controversial land swap that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. In a draft environmental review document released this week,

A land swap would allow for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that supporters say King Cove needs; opponents say it would be ecologically ruinous.

The Fish and Wildlife Service released a plan for a land swap that could lead to a gravel road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.