Ryan Redington poses with his lead dogs Sven, left, and Ghost, after he won the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, on March 14, 2023 in Nome, Alaska. AP “It took a lot work, took a lot of patience.

Opponents of a 200-plus mile mining highway planned for Alaska’s Brooks Range say it would degrade fish habitat, disrupt caribou migration patterns, and detract from the area’s unparalleled ...