Graphite Creek mine would fill Alaska wetlands and streams
APMA 2299, Graphite Creek Project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers· Graphite Creek watershed, Alaska wetlands and waters associated with the Graphite Creek mining area, potential downstream navigable waters in the Seward Peninsula regionArmy Corps public notice ↗
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4 groups work Alaska
By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Alaska Wilderness League
Works Alaska: built around defending the Arctic Refuge from oil and gas drilling.
- Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
Works Alaska: lead plaintiff in the November 2025 federal suit challenging the land exchange signed to put a road through the Izembek Wilderness.
- Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
Works Alaska: southeast Alaska’s homegrown defender of the Tongass since 1970.
- The Wilderness Society
Works Alaska: has litigated the 211-mile Ambler industrial road since the original 2020 approvals.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
The Army Corps may permit large-scale graphite mining that dredges and fills wetlands and streams in a remote Alaska watershed.
What’s at risk
Wetlands, streams, and waters in the Graphite Creek watershed face dredge-and-fill impacts from Graphite One Inc.'s proposed open mining operation. The harm could extend downstream to navigable waters in the broader Seward Peninsula region.
If this goes through
If the Army Corps issues the permit, Graphite One Inc. would be authorized to dredge and fill wetlands and waterways in the Graphite Creek watershed, causing lasting damage to a remote Alaska ecosystem.
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
3 holes in the agency’s own analysis
Make these points, in your own words
- I oppose this action as proposed, and I ask the agency to weigh the specific harms below.
- The Army Corps must ensure the EIS fully evaluates all dredge-and-fill impacts to wetlands and streams in the Graphite Creek watershed before any permits are issued.
- Graphite One's proposed mining project in the Seward Peninsula region could harm downstream navigable waters, and the EIS must address those risks in detail.
- I urge the Corps to require rigorous analysis of how large-scale graphite mining will affect Alaska wetlands and aquatic habitat in and around the Graphite Creek area.
- Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
In the agency’s own words
Special Public Notice announcing Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS
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