By Kurt Repanshek - September 9th, 2021. EPA officials on Thursday announced they would take steps to protect the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska from mining/USACE. Word Thursday from the Environmental Protection Agency that it was moving to protect the watershed of Bristol Bay in Alaska was hailed by groups opposed to a massive gold and copper ...
The gold and copper mine, which would produce billions of tons of wasterock stored in perpetuity behind a massive earthen dam, would threaten all that Bristol Bay holds dear. Our views on Pebble mine are based on our "fish first" value – and the opinions of the vast majority of our over 10,300 Alaska Native shareholders.
Tell EPA: Protect Alaska's Parks from Destructive Mining! Lake Clark National Park and Preserve was designated in 1980 to protect Bristol Bay's one-of-a-kind ecosystem. It protects the headwaters of the Kvichak and Nushagak River -- the heart of the world-famous Bristol Bay salmon run and the home of a $2billion fishing industry.
Bristol Bay (Central Yupik: Iilgayaq, ... The mining company lost all of its partners in 2011 due to increasing government regulations and distrust by its partners. Because of the estimated 10 billion tons of mining waste that must …
The Bristol Bay way = no Pebble mine. November 19, 2021. This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its next steps and deadlines regarding the Clean Water Act 404 (c) process that could lead to protections for the Bristol Bay way and the salmon at the center of it. The EPA could finalize a science-based determination for the ...
Pebble Mine is proposed to be built in the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Bristol Bay's world-renowned sockeye salmon fishery is valued at over $1.5 billion, supports over 14,000 jobs, and sustains more than 30 regional Alaska Native Tribes. The proposed Pebble Mine would be over 1,500 feet deep by 6,500 feet wide, covering 3,190 acres ...
Salmon habitat would suffer if there were large-scale mining operations in Alaska's Bristol Bay, an EPA analysis says, but the agency hasn't decided whether to block a controversial proposed ...
On Feb. 20, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for Pebble Limited Partnership's application to discharge fill material for the purpose of developing a copper-molybdenum-gold mine in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. On March 1, the public comment period opened for 90 days.
Summary. Region 10's proposal to protect the Bristol Bay watershed outlines restrictions that would protect waters that support salmon in and near the Pebble deposit area. The geographic restrictions of this proposal cover only the mining claims surrounding the Pebble deposit. No other lands or developments are subject to these restrictions.
Save Bristol Bay, a project of Trout Unlimited, is a group of individuals, organizations and businesses dedicated to protecting Bristol Bay's wild salmon, jobs and communities from the proposed Pebble mine. Your …
The Bristol Bay watershed is one of America's last great wild places, home to bears, eagles, and wolves. It provides half the world's wild sockeye salmon, supports 15,000 jobs, and generates ...
The analysis found that the bay supports the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery, producing an average of 37.5 million sockeye each year—nearly 50 percent of the world's supply. The assessment concluded that …
The Environmental Protection Agency is scrapping proposed restrictions on mining operations in Alaska's Bristol Bay, dealing a victory to Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., which is hoping to tap a ...
2013: The final Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment was released. Its findings were clear: it is not likely that any mine the size, type and location of Pebble can operate in Bristol Bay without harming salmon. 2013: Anglo American, a major investor in the Pebble mine, abandoned its $541-plus million investment in the project.
In Bristol Bay, Pebble Mine is the name of the mineral exploration of the region, which plans to mine the region's ore deposits using large-scale operations and infrastructure. The goal is to extract the gold, copper, and molybdenum sulfide deposits from the land.
The Alaska Bristol Bay Mining Ban Question, Ballot Measure 4 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Alaska as an initiated state statute, where it was approved. The measure was designed to give the legislature the power to prohibit mining projects in Bristol Bay if legislators determine the activity to be harmful to wild salmon within the fisheries reserve.
Bristol Bay is also the "life-blood" of the regions economy, producing 40% of America's wild caught seafood, including halibut, herring, crab and over half of all wild sockeye salmon on earth. It contributes $1.5 billon dollars to the economy each year and supports on average, over 10,000 year-round jobs to Alaskans.
Updated 6:23 PM ET, Thu September 9, 2021 Washington (CNN) The Biden administration on Thursday announced it's taking new steps to protect the waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska, another considerable...
Pebble Mine at a Glance. 2005: Pebble East deposit discovered by Northern Dynasty, a Canadian company based in Vancouver. In 2012, Wild Salmon Center developed a technical report that examines the threats to Bristol Bay's wild salmon fisheries posed by the Pebble Mine.. In 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency initiated a process using its authority …
Alaska's Bristol Bay is a rich fishing area home to 46 percent of the average global abundance of wild sockeye salmon. Following two decades of back and forth between the Pebble Limited Partnership, conservation groups, Tribes, and state and federal governments, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to officially halt the project.
Widely considered dead, massive mining scheme proposed for Bristol Bay headwaters by underfunded Canadian company is likely to be permitted this summer by Army Corps of Engineers despite unsolved...
About Bristol Bay. The Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world, is home to 25 federally recognized tribal governments, and contains large mineral resources. …
Read EPA's news release (May 25, 2022) The Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world, is home to 25 federally recognized tribal governments, and contains large mineral resources. Learn more about Bristol Bay. EPA Publishes Revised 404 (c) Proposed Determination
2022 Bristol Bay wild salmon run breaks all-time record while beleaguered Canadian owner of widely opposed Bristol Bay gold and copper mining scheme continues to fight EPA's proposal for veto ...
The salmon also provide over half of the subsistence harvest by the 25 Alaska Native communities in Bristol Bay. The salmon are what make this mine more than a local issue: Nearly ⅓ of Bristol Bay commercial fishing permits are held by Washington State residents, with several more held by fishermen from other parts of the lower 48, and the ...
Within hours of meeting with a mining company CEO, the new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency directed his staff to withdraw a plan to protect the watershed of Bristol Bay, Alaska, one ...
May 25, 2022 WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday took a major legal step toward protecting Bristol Bay in Alaska, one of the world's most valuable sockeye salmon fisheries that also...
