With great joy, Meghan and Trout Unlimited’s Save Bristol Bay team shared this week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized Clean Water Act 404(c) safeguards for the headwaters of Bristol Bay. After nearly two decades of advocating for the people, fish and fish-based industries of the region, a layer of protection has been granted to this place and the people who have stewarded it for generations.
Join us in thanking the Biden Administration and the EPA for finalizing safeguards for Bristol Bay!
Meghan and Trout Unlimited’s Save Bristol Bay team: “You have been with us every step of the way. From the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment in 2013, to the multiple public comment periods, legal challenges, and more, we could not have gotten to this point without your unending support for Bristol Bay. Thank you from the bottom of our fish-filled hearts.
Today, we celebrate this monumental milestone with you and the many, many partners and people who have been a part of making this happen. Tomorrow, we get back to work to keep adding protections for Bristol Bay. While Clean Water Act safeguards are a big piece of the puzzle to ensure Pebble can never return to the region, we need additional conservation measures to assure that mining proposals won’t come back to haunt Bristol Bay in the future. Please stick with us and stay tuned for the next call to action.
Thank you again for your unwavering support over the years. We couldn’t do this without you!”
Sincerely,
Meghan and Trout Unlimited’s Save Bristol Bay team
P.S. Last month we applauded another big conservation win for Bristol Bay – 44,000 acres of critical fish and wildlife habitat set aside to be protected from industrial development by the Pedro Bay Corporation. Read more about the Pedro Bay Rivers Project here.
Also look at:
https://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2021/11/04/some-good-bristol-bay-news/
https://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2021/05/07/without-permanent-protections-bristol-bay-is-still-an-open-target/
https://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2021/04/15/investing-in-bristol-bay-means-permanent-protections-for-the-region/
