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Murkowski gives Pebble a stern warning with submitted report language
After issuing a harsh warning to the agency in charge of issuing a key permit for Pebble, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska followed up her words with some much-needed action. The Senator introduced report language into the Senate Appropriations committee that called on the Army Corps to better incorporate science…
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Notes from a first-year instructor and student at the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy
By Meghan Barker While I spend the majority of my work time in front of a “Save Bristol Bay” booth, or talking with supportive Trout Unlimited members and leaders about the proposed Pebble Mine, the first Monday in June brought a different start to my work week. I loaded up my car with a tote of…
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House passes bill to cease Corps funding for Pebble permit
The House of Representatives took dramatic and much-needed action Wednesday, and voted 233-201 in support of a measure that, if passed by both chambers of Congress, would prohibit continued investment by the Army Corps of Engineers in processing the permit application for the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska. TU members and supporters were essential…
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Saying ‘no’ to Pebble: This one’s different
What makes Pebble different? Size, type and location.
Photo by Ben Knight I don’t enjoy politics. I pay attention to the best of my ability, but life and enjoying the wild offerings of this world comes first. My love for fishing, and the wild places it brings me, pushes me into advocacy and ultimately getting entangled in some of the inescapable politics associated with…
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Make your voice heard
Brian Wimmer, the fly fishing ambassador at Sundance Mountain Resort, says it all when it comes to the proposed Pebble Mine in the headwaters of the world's most important salmon rivers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My0Ohw6haMI "I can't believe we're having to do this again," he says in the Orvis video above. "It just pisses me off. I thought…
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Alaska’s Koktuli River on display
Simply put, the rivers you will see in Koktuli Wild are ground zero for impacts from the Pebble mine if it were to go through.
All photos courtesy of Brendan Wells and Eric Parker In the face of the proposed Pebble Mine, Trout Unlimited and other groups representing sportsmen, commercial fishing, and Alaska Native Tribes have been sharing stories for more than a decade of the pristine wilderness, intact ecosystems of the Bristol Bay region and their critical importance to…
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From Bristol Bay to the Bronx
Rob shows that real Alaskans fish for carp Washington, D.C., is a long way from Dillingham, Alaska, but that’s where Triston Chaney spent his 19th birthday. Triston was among a group of commercial fishermen, lodge owners and outfitters who came back to the nation’s capital to discourage the EPA from permitting the proposed Pebble Mine…