Emily Charles organized a protest outside the Anchorage office of the Environmental Protection Agency in early August. The middle school activist invited people to join her in opposing the Pebble mine. A handful of protesters stood beside her as drivers … Read More
Kat, Catherine and Hannah finished their summer internships with Trustees, but they wrote their reflections on what they learned and accomplished, both in the office and in the wilderness. Here, Kat talks about taking heart from the wild and learning the … Read More
Salmon returned to Bristol Bay in force this month. Unfortunately, so did the push to put foreign mining interests before Alaska fish. By turning back on protections, the EPA turns its back on Bristol Bay and its communities. Today, … Read More
What makes Tracy Lohman thankful every day? Knowing that she can count on clean water and air, and that her children can count on it, too. Now she works to fight for clean water and air for everyone. Here’s … Read More
Dear Supporter: After the disappointing rollbacks of important regulations like the predator control rule for federal wildlife refuges, we had good news last week when the Senate voted down the repeal of the Bureau of the Land Management’s rule limiting … Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday May 4, 2017 Nunamta Aulukestai (Caretakers of Our Land) Announces Interim Executive Director Dillingham, AK: Nunamta Aulukestai (Nunamta), a coalition of Bristol Bay Alaska Native Village Corporations and tribes working to protect Bristol Bay from … Read More
In our line of work, good news often comes in small packages. This time it came in a status update from PacRim Coal, LP. For years, the company has been seeking a permit to mine through 14 miles of salmon streams in the Chuitna River watershed across Cook Inlet from Anchorage. In a … Read More
Today, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a new permit to the Pebble Limited Partnership (Pebble) that requires an unprecedented $2 million performance guarantee bond. This new one-year permit requires that Pebble complete specific reclamation work during … Read More
Celebrating the successes of 2016: Pebble subpoenas tossed out; Trustees argue for National Park Service regulatory authority over navigable waters; court decision stops Mat-Su coal mining; and more.… Read More
Earlier this month, Pebble Limited Partnership (Pebble) asked the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for a new two-year permit. This new permit, just like the one that expires at the end of this year, would allow Pebble to keep storing … Read More