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Landmark decision finalizes safeguards for headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska after 13 years of science, public support

EPA’s Clean Water Act 404(c) Final Determination prohibits and restricts mine waste discharge in the Bristol Bay watershed and safeguards fish, rivers and a way of life; move is celebrated by Alaskans, anglers, hunters. Contacts: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publicly announced a Clean Water Act 404(c) Final Determination finding that mine waste

Pride of Bristol Bay – great salmon, great cause, great deal

Published in TU Business

Here’s your chance to be a part of permanent protection for Bristol Bay. For the month of May 2021, Pride of Bristol Bay is offering TU members a 15% discount on their delicious sockeye salmon, while supplies last. Just go to Pride of Bristol Bay and enter the the code ThanksTU15 at checkout. Orders are valid for the month of May while supplies last, for a one-time purchase of any size box, fillets or portions.

Pebble Mine stopped

Published in Conservation, Featured

Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied the key permit for the proposed Pebble Mine and announced that it found the proposed Pebble mine would cause significant degradation to the Bristol Bay region

Order wild sockeye salmon, help protect Bristol Bay

September 27, 2017 Contact:Nelli Williams, Alaska Program Director, Trout Unlimited (907) 230-7121 or nwilliams@tu.orgMatt Luck, Founder, Pride of Bristol Bay (208) 720-4226 or matt@prideofbristolbay.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Order wild sockeye salmon, help protect Bristol Bay Innovative partnership between Pride of Bristol Bay and Trout Unlimited helps safeguard Bristol Bay, Alaska’s rivers and fisheries. ANCHORAGE, AK

Pursuing Native Connections 

Published in TROUT Magazine

Photo by Colin Arisman By Daniel Ritz How Bristol Bay Fly Fishing & Guide Academy graduates are redefining fly-fishing travel culture in Alaska. Rounding a blind bend in the Brooks River, the nearly 900-pound brown bear surprises us as it sits haunches deep, ripping into the belly of a bright red 8-to-10 pound Sockeye salmon

Alaskans comment in record numbers to preserve EPAs proposed protections for Bristol Bay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2017 Contact: Alannah Hurley, United Tribes of Bristol Bay, (907) 843-1633 or ahurley@utbb.org Nelli Williams, Trout Unlimited – Alaska Program, (907) 230-7121 or nwilliams@tu.org Tim Bristol, SalmonState, (907) 321-3291 or tim@salmonstate.org Alaskans comment in record numbers to preserve EPAs proposed protections for Bristol Bay The EPAs proposal to withdraw protections

Bristol Bay leaders grateful for Sen. Murkowski’s directive to follow science in Pebble mine permit review

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:  Ralph Andersen, Bristol Bay Native Association President & CEO, (907) 842-5257Norm Van Vactor, Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation, (907) 843-2508Nanci Morris Lyon, Bear Trail Lodge, (907) 469-0622Lindsay Layland, United Tribes of Bristol Bay Deputy Director, (907) 843-2401 ANCHORAGE, AK  — Today, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the Chair of the Interior, Environment

Savor Bristol Bay Salmon Week in Seattle, Washington

For Immediate Release Nov. 13, 2009 Contacts: Paula Dobbyn, Communications Director, Trout Unlimited Alaskapdobbyn@tu.org or 907-230-1513 Kevin Davis, Co-Owner and Executive Chef, Steelhead Dinerkevin@steelheaddiner.com or 206-625-0129 Savor Bristol Bay Salmon Week in Seattle, Washington November 15 21, 2009 Trout Unlimited and Seattle Chefs and Restaurants Come Together to Promote and Protect Alaskas Bristol Bay, the

First voices, first advocates

Published in Uncategorized, Advocacy

Fish racks hold sockeye salmon that will be put away from winter at a traditional fish camp on the banks of the Koktuli River. By Mountain Mind Media . Today, as part of Indigenous People’s Day, we are taking a moment to highlight the people in the Bristol Bay community who were in this place first, who

Protections for Bristol Bay back on track

Published in Uncategorized

Photo by Fly Out Media On Friday of last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 decision to withdraw the Bristol Bay 404(c) Proposed Determination, putting back in place science-based limits on large mine waste in the headwaters of Bristol Bay.   This victory concludes a two-year-long lawsuit by Trout Unlimited and comes in the wake of a recent ruling in