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public comment, Donlin Gold Draft EIS
“When discussing socio-economics and subsistence, many split the two subjects. However, the people of the land are those best qualified to speak on subsistence. They know the topics of socio-economics and subsistence cannot be separated, for without a source of income, we cannot afford a subsistence way of life, a life that to the surprise of many, is not cost-free.”
ANDREW GUY, PRESIDENT/CEO, CALISTA CORPORATION
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There are virtually no roads connecting communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region; travel is by bush plane, by river boats in the summer, and by snow machines in the winter.
