This report leaves out several key points of the Izembek issue. First it fails to report that the original idea for the road was to transport fish product to Cold Bay where jets could fly it to lucrative markets in the Orient.  When that idea didn't  fly, the medical evacuation issue was offered. While it may seem a convincing argument, this article fails to report what a veteran medical officer of the region has already pointed out. During adverse storms when air access to King Cove is impossible, blizzard conditions and avalanche danger would render the road impossible to move patients as well.  What this report fails to clearly explain is that if a small boat harbor were constructed at Cold Bay, marine transport either by local fishing vessel, or a ferry, could provide medical transport even during difficult weather. It could also satisfy commercial interests with out harming wildlife and wilderness values of Izembek Refuge, and subsistence needs of Yukon delta folks, a win for all.