DILLINGHAM, AK – Tuesday, the United Tribes of Bristol Bay announced its endorsements for candidates who are on record supporting protections for Bristol Bay’s wild salmon. The “Salmon Slate” endorsements for the 2024 general election are: Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and running mate for Vice-President Tim Walz Representative Mary Peltola for U.S. House of Representatives […]
The United Tribes of Bristol Bay applauds the move, which comes years into a campaign to safeguard long-protected “D-1” lands from extractive industrial development. Dillingham, Alaska — Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) took a big step toward finalizing protections for 28 million acres of federally-managed “D-1” lands in Alaska, including 1.2 million […]
Dillingham, Alaska— This week, in a decision refusing to overturn its November 2020 permit denial for the proposed Pebble Mine, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers remanded a small number of issues raised in a January 2021 appeal filed by the Pebble Limited Partnership for further review by its Alaska District staff. On November 25, […]