By Joby Warrick
Washington Post
Sunday, February 16, 2015
Just north of Iliamna Lake in southwestern Alaska is an empty expanse of marsh and shrub that conceals one of the world's great buried fortunes: A mile-thick layer of virgin ore said to contain at least 6.7 million pounds -- or $120 billion worth -- of gold.
As fate would have it, a second treasure sits precisely atop the first: the spawning ground for the planet's biggest runs of sockeye salmon, the lifeline of a fishery that generates $500 million a year.
Between the two is the Obama administration, which has all but decided that only one of the treasures can be brought to market. How the White House came to side with fish over gold is a complex tale that involves millionaire activists, Alaska Natives, lawsuits, and one politically explosive question: Can the federal government say no to a property owner before he has a chance to explain what he wants to do? ...
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