You obviously have not been to the area in question. there are few areas on the planet that are more difficult to access. very few humans or, as  you call them, "future generations" will ever want to visit this area or if they wanted to,  would be able to,  given it location.
There is nothing wrong with responsible development. This set of regulations puts the needs and wants of very few people ahead of the rest of the country and is a slap in the face of the vast majority of Alaskans. 
Thankfully the new guy in office will see his way to undoing this bigotry.
When are we going to stop feeling guilty? What is it going to take??