As WRDA bill passes in Senate, Nome Arctic deep draft port back in conversation

With US Senator Dan Sullivan’s help, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) has passed the US Senate, inching Nome closer to the possibility of an Arctic deep draft port.
Through the WRDA bill, Little Diomede has received money to build a harbor. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Richard Brahm)The act will bring $1.4 billion dollars to new water infrastructure over the next five years. The funding is focused in three areas: infrastructure, subsistence harbors, and an Arctic