The proposed Pebble Mine threatens the pristine watersheds, rivers, and wetlands of Alaska's Bristol Bay - home to the largest wild salmon runs on the planet. Today's guests are Nelli Williams, director of Trout Unlimited's Alaska Program, and Danielle Stickman, a Koyukon and Dena’ina Athabascan and the Network Coordinator for the Western Alaska Conservation Cooperative. They joined host Amy Hadden Marsh by phone from Anchorage to talk about why the proposed mine spells disaster for southwest Alaska. You can find out more about efforts to stop Pebble Mine by clicking on the links below.
California Representative Jared Huffman recently introduced an amendmentto the House Energy and Water Appropriations bill to stop the permitting process for Pebble Mine.
Public comments on the Army Corps of Engineers' DEISare due by July 1, 2019.