DILLINGHAM, AK – Bristol Bay Tribes reacted to the news that the House of Representatives acted Thursday to help stop the permitting process that is fast-tracking Pebble’s toxic proposal with optimism. The House of Representatives took action Thursday to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from issuing a permit for the […]
(ALASKA) – This past week, “Operation (RAAVEN)” Rural Alaska Anti-Violence Enforcement continued efforts in response to Attorney General William P. Barr’s declaration of a law enforcement emergency in rural Alaska. Federal, state and local law enforcement officers worked together in Bethel, Emmonak, Alakanuk, Nunam Iqua, Kotlik, Marshall and Russian Mission to account for registered […]
ANCHORAGE—Via U.S. Postal Service, SalmonState and others today received from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Pebble Mine: a massive gold and copper mine and toxic waste dump proposed for the headwaters of the largest sockeye salmon run on the planet. The Corps’ conclusions in the […]
On October 30, 2019, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce declared the 2018 Chignik sockeye salmon fishery a disaster under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. On February 27, 2020, the Secretary of Commerce allocated $10.3 million to address losses to the Chignik management area affected by the fishery failure. The State of Alaska, […]