Pebble Mine: Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Loss
- Proposed Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Alaska - July 2011
 Say “ N0” to Pebble Mine and “YES” to wild, sustainable Bristol Bay salmon!
For the past several years exploratory drilling near Bristol Bay, Alaska has resulted in a major discovery of gold, copper and a metallic ore known as molybdenum worth an estimated value of $300 billion. Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and London-based mining group, Anglo American, are proposing to develop an open pit gold and copper mine, known as Pebble Mine, at the headwaters of Bristol Bay. The bay is the world’s largest commercial wild salmon fishery having an estimated annual run of 40 million sockeye salmon, which generates $450 million in revenue each year and supports 10,000 jobs. Read more..
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Wild Alaska Salmon Threatened by Proposed Copper Mine…
For 3 weeks beginning in June the fishermen  of Bristol Bay, Alaska, head out for the annual wild salmon fishing season, not only a long-standing tradition in this area, but also the livelihood of the Bristol Bay communities. One of these fishermen is Carson who has fished this area for several years, but now wonders if he will be able to continue doing so in the future.
For years Bristol Bay has been the spawning grounds for several species of wild Pacific salmon, but is now being threatened by the Pebble Limited Partnership, a mining company seeking to obtain permits to build one of the world's largest gold and copper mines in the headwaters of Bristol Bay's most productive salmon spawning rivers, the Nushagak and the Kvichak. Read more....
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