ONLINE EVENT ADVISORY: The Need for Permanent Protections for Alaska's Bristol Bay
ONLINE EVENT ADVISORY: The Need for Permanent Protections for Alaska’s Bristol Bay Date: May 28, 2021 Contact: Sam Hananel Washington, D.C. — For nearly two decades, the world’s most productive wild salmon fishery—located in Bristol Bay, in Southwest Alaska—has been under threat from a proposed gold and copper mine. A locally led coalition of tribes, commercial and sport fishermen, businesses, scientists, and advocates has been pushing back; and now, they’re asking the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to permanently protect the Bristol Bay watershed f...
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