Monday, March 16, 2015 at 12:05AM 
There is a misconception out there that the fight against Pebble Mine has been won....nothing could be further from the truth.
Sportsman's Alliance for Alaska Director Scott Hed reminds us that while Pebble may be down, it is certainly not out.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 12:02AM 
Robert Heyano, president of United Tribes of Bristol Bay responds to the Washington Post's recent story on the proposed Pebble Mine.
The Post’s article intimates that the battle over Pebble began with a tribal petition to EPA requesting that it use its authority under the Clean Water Act to prohibit mining in the Bristol Bay watershed. In doing so, the article misses the key reason the tribes submitted the petition in the first place.
LINK (via: Alaska Dispatch News)
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 12:03AM 
Photo: Courtesy of the EPA
The Washington Post's Joby Warrick does some heavy lifting for those opposing the EPA's action on the Pebble Mine.
The EPA is doing its job.
Here is the language of section 404c for Mr. Warrick's reference.
The Clean Water Act authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) (Section 404(a)) or an approved state (Section 404(h)) to issue permits for discharges of dredged or fill material at specified sites in waters of the United States. Section 404(c), however, authorizes EPA to restrict, prohibit, deny, or withdraw the use of an area as a disposal site for dredged or fill material if the discharge will have unacceptable adverse effects on municipal water supplies, shellfish beds and fishery areas, wildlife, or recreational areas.
In his article Mr. Warrick falsley states that 404c is a "tactic" that has not been employed in 40 years.
According to the EPA in 2008 they initiated 404c actions on the Yazoo Pumps flood control project in Mississippi and then again in 2009 on the Spruce Mountain Coal Mine #1 in West Virginia. Now I'm no reporter but a simple Google search might have helped Mr. Warrick get his facts straight.
This fight is far from over folks.
Monday, January 26, 2015 at 12:03AM 
From Save Bristol Bay:
Republican undergarment wearing Senator, Joe Manchin (D-WV) and diaper wearing Senator David Vitter (R-LA), plan to introduce a bill that threatens the Clean Water Act provision thousands of Americans have supported authorizing the EPA to protect Bristol Bay from threats posed by Pebble Mine.
According to the article:
The legislation is in response to EPA's retroactive veto of a large mountaintop-removal coal mining project in West Virginia, plus the agency's proposed pre-emptive limits to the Pebble LP gold and copper mine in Alaska.
Manchin and Vitter have generally wanted to limit EPA's ability to veto the Army Corps of Engineers' Clean Water Act Section 404 dredge-and-fill permits to within the permitting process.
There is something you can do to help!
Please post to Senator Manchin’s Facebook Wall And say:
When it comes to the world-class fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska we need proactive Clean Water Act protections for jobs, salmon and culture.
Or post on Twitter: @Sen_JoeManchin When it comes to #bristolbay, Alaska we need proactive Clean Water Act protections for jobs, salmon and culture.
You can send a box of Pampers to Vitter's Senate office.
TAKE ACTION!!!!, save bristol bay in Action, Conservation, Environment Friday, December 26, 2014 at 12:00AM 
From Dylan Tomine:
President Obama’s recent protection of Bristol Bay from oil and gas exploration may feel like a victory for fish and the environment, but I think it’s really about time and money. Which in this case, is just as good. Here’s why:
LINK (via: The Cleanest Line)
Monday, September 15, 2014 at 12:05AM
The first week of October in Seattle is shaping up to be a robust one for anadromous fish films.
Just a few days after Shane Anderson's film Wild Reverence makes its Seattle premier at the SIFF Uptown, the SIFF Egyptian will be hosting a benefit screening of Mark Titus's film The Breach.
Film goers will be treated to wild salmon prepared by chef Tom Douglas, a Q&A with the filmmakers and special guests, and live music by Ray Troll. Even better is that proceeds from the event will benefit the SIFF and the fight to save Bristol Bay.
