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EPA receives record-setting comments for Bristol Bay protections
By Jenny Weis You learned the facts about the massive proposed Pebble Mine. You've seen the fish pictures. Maybe you've released the legendary rainbows back into the cold, clear water. You've read the science. You've been outraged at the lies told by the Pebble Partnership. And then, you took action. More than 750,000 comments were…
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Still standing strong for Bristol Bay
By Nelli Williams Standing in a packed elementary school gym last week I found myself once again marveling at the persistence and perseverance of the people when it comes to protecting Bristol Bay’s salmon resources. The fight to safeguard Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine has been waging for over a decade, and yet…
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Have a Bristol Bay salmon dinner … with a mission
By: Jenny Weis Eating delicious, wild, Bristol Bay salmon in your home just got easier thanks to TU Gold-level business member, Pride of Bristol Bay. (Click to order!*) Let me tell you why I'm so excited about this. Fishing Bristol Bay is amazing in its own right. The trout are enormous, the landscape is remote…
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Pebble advisors must know the answer is still no
Alaska Program director, Nelli Williams, holds a microphone for a crowd of Pebble Mine opponents saying, "Wrong Mine, Wrong Place!" at a Monday rally in Anchorage. Photo by Brandon Hill From an op-ed published in the Alaska Dispatch News. Amid another EPA comment period regarding protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska from Pebble Mine (click here…
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It’s Alaska Wild Salmon Day—celebrate by helping to protect them
By: Nelli Williams One afternoon late last summer, I took advantage of a sunny, warm day to take my kids to a playground near Campbell Creek. It was packed with kids swinging, jumping and sliding. Suddenly, we all heard shrieking near the river. It quickly became apparent that nothing was wrong, but that a couple…
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Bristol Bay’s EPIC fishing season
Bristol Bay, Alaska is in the middle of an EPIC fishing season. The kind of season where I really can’t keep on top of the amazing pictures coming in from our lodge partners. Photo courtesy of TU Gold Business Member, Bear Trail Lodge. King Salmon, Alaska The kind of season where news crews are lining…
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Save Bristol Bay with Nautilus Reels this month!
Pictured above: The custom Nautilus reel being offered as a prize for signing up to help protect Bristol Bay with Trout Unlimited By: The Alaska Program We are honored partner with our friends at Nautilus Reels to save a threatened world-class fishing destination in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Nautilus Reels will be giving away a custom…
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