Bristol Bay: Largest Salmon Fishery vs Giant Mine Proposal

Environment News Service: If Bristol Bay, Alaska is opened to mining, the ore deposit would be mined for decades, and the wastes would require management "for centuries or even in perpetuity," finds a revised environmental assessment issued Friday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world, is home to 25 federally recognized tribal governments, and also contains one of the largest concentrations of copper, gold and......

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