Wrangell Assembly News Today

The Court's Clean Water Act ruling has left communities like Wrangell wondering whether it will clear an easier path to development projects.

A commentary author writes: "Transboundary rivers ... are threatened by the more than 30 B.C. gold mines in some phase of development."

Two years ago this fall, I testified at a Wrangell Borough Assembly meeting in support of yet another resolution calling on the U.S. federal government to be firm with British Columbia and Canada in protecting the Stikine River, as well as the Taku and Unuk rivers. These transboundary rivers, the lifeblood of Southeast Alaska, are threatened by the more than 30 B.C. gold mines in some phase of development just over the border. Over a dozen of them are located within the Stikine-Iskut watershed.

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Posted by Sage Smiley | Dec 21, 2020 Some of Wrangell’s Assembly with Dr. Anne Zink (bottom right) at their meeting on Friday. (Via Zoom) Although Wrangell doesn’t have a mask mandate in place, Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink told the borough assembly Friday that mitigation measures like masking remain important, even as vaccine distribution kicks off across the state. She explained with a metaphor: “You never want to be like the soldier who dies after the victory was calle...