Tag: Briston Bay

Action needed: Pebble Mine public comment open

In spite of the exceedingly clear reality that the finite short-term economic windfall for foreign mining interests pales in comparison to the permanent loss of the most productive and pristine salmon spawning habitat in the world, a $1.5 billion annual economic engine.

This fight has gone on long enough. For over a decade the threat of an environmentally, economically and culturally devastating open-pit copper and gold mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay has reared its head. And for over a decade anglers, hunters, naturalists and concerned citizens by the millions have raised their voices again and […]