Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:02AM Stop the Pebble Mine, save bristol bay in Environment Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 12:04AM 
Blaine Harden's in depth story for the documentary series FRONTLINE.
LINK (via: the guardian)
The couple of pages of comments are also worth the read.
Compare Harden's well written piece with this one from FOX "News."
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 12:01AM 
For Immediate Release
Monday, July 23, 2012
For more information:
Shoren Brown, Bristol Bay campaign director, sbrown@tu.org, 202-674-2380
Tim Bristol, Trout Unlimited Alaska Program director, tbristol@tu.org, 907-321-3291
Public comments urging protection of Bristol Bay, Alaska flood EPA as comment period closes; tally at 185,000 and counting
Juneau –Nearly ALL off the public comments submitted by the public on an Environmental Protection Agency analysis of a giant open pit mine proposed for a salmon-rich region of Alaska asked the agency to deny permits necessary for the mine to move forward.
Preliminary analysis of the public comment docket and conservation groups’ submissions as of Monday morning shows approximately 98 percent of the public comments are opposed to the Pebble Mine, a proposed gold and copper mine that would be located at the headwaters of two of Alaska’s as well as the world’s most productive salmon sockeye salmon rivers.
An estimated 185,000 comments have been received by the EPA, which closes the comment period tonight at 11:59 p.m.
About 180,000 support EPA action to protect Bristol Bay from mega hard rock mining
Less than 5,000 reject EPA involvement or ask for a longer timeline
In addition to written comments, more than 2,300 people attended eight hearings held by the EPA on the assessment. Public testimony overwhelmingly favored protection of Bristol Bay by more than 90 percent in the region, and more than 80 percent overall.
The mine will also be the focus of Public Television investigative show Frontline Tuesday, July 24. The hour-long show, “Alaska Gold,” will delve into the controversy surrounding Pebble Mine tomorrow on PBS stations nationwide.
The foreign-owned gold and copper mine would generate up to 10 billion tons of waste and would be stored in perpetuity at the headwaters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed, home to the largest runs of sockeye salmon in the world and an economic engine for the fishing and tourism industries. Whether Pebble and related large-scale industrial development are allowed to proceed will depend on whether the Obama Administration decides whether to prevent Pebble and similarly massive projects under the Clean Water Act.
The proposal has attracted an outpouring of criticism from a diverse cross-section of the public including:
More than 700 businesses; more than 600 hunting and angling groups; the National Council of Churches and hundreds of congregations across the country; more than 200 chefs and restaurant owners; and leading jewelers including Tiffany & Co.
Industry associations including Food Marketing Institute, and 77 commercial fishing groups from Alaska to New Hampshire
Editorial boards of leading newspapers, including The New York Times
Over 80% of the local residents of Bristol Bay
The nation’s leading conservation groups
Former Alaska Governor Jay Hammond, the late Sen. Ted Stevens and North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes
“People have spoken loudly and clearly for their jobs, their businesses and their way of life. They want this Administration to stand up and protect Bristol Bay and its 14,000 jobs before it’s too late,” said Tim Bristol, director of Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program.
Next, a peer review panel of experts will review and shape the draft Aug. 7 and 8 at a public forum in Anchorage. Then Obama Administration will decide whether to use Clean Water Act Section 404 (c) authority to prevent the negative impacts of Pebble Mine or other inappropriate development in the productive, clean watershed. Use of Section 404(c) would establish clear guidelines for the region, while allowing responsible development to progress.
“Commercial fishermen have invested deeply in the Bristol Bay fishery and they are asking the EPA to recognize the value of their livelihoods and the catch they haul in by ensuring that these American jobs and food supply aren’t lost to inappropriate mining,” said Bob Waldrop, executive director of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.
The EPA ‘s 338-page draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment documents Bristol Bay’s productive sockeye fishery as the largest runs on Earth, with up to 40 million fish returning annually to spawn. It finds that even without a major catastrophe or a series of cumulative spills or leaks, mining the Pebble deposit would destroy up to 87 miles of salmon streams and up to 4,200 acres of wetlands.
“The National Council of Churches is grateful for the EPA’s science assessment which reveals the interdependence of God’s creation and God’s people and highlights the potential impact of large scale development in Bristol Bay,” said Cassandra Carmichael, Director of the Washington Office, National Council of Churches, which also submitted comments to the EPA.
Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 12:04AM Some of our friends making the case for Bristol Bay.
Stop the Pebble Mine, k8, sam snyder, save bristol bay Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 12:04AM 
On July 24th FRONTLINE, American public television's flagship public affairs series, will turn their journalistic attention to Bristol Bay.
The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the last great wild sockeye salmon fishery in the world. It’s also home to enormous mineral deposits—copper, gold, molybdenum—estimated to be worth over $300 billion. Now, two foreign mining companies are proposing to extract this mineral wealth by digging one of North America’s largest open-pit mines, the “Pebble Mine,” at the headwaters of Bristol Bay. FRONTLINE travels to Alaska to probe the fault lines of a growing battle between those who depend on this extraordinary fishery for a living, the mining companies who are pushing for Pebble, and the political framework that will ultimately decide the outcome.
FRONTLINE's Alaska Gold airs on July 24th.
Hello marketing? Could someone please find me a stock image of an ethnically diverse group of attractive young people eating popcorn for the FRONTLINE Party for a Cause activation e-mail blast?
Host your own Save Bristol Bay Viewing Party for Frontline's "Alaska Gold" and receive an exclusive Party for a Cause salmon swag bag. Just follow the instructions below to enter and you might be one of five lucky winners!
E-mail us at: sbbcontest@gmail.com with the following:
Submit your name, location, and how many people you'll invite to watch Frontline with you. Then, in 200 words or less, tell us why you care about protecting Bristol Bay. Five winners will be chosen on Friday, July 20. We'll send each winner a great swag bag with smoked salmon, popcorn and other goodies.
Some comps that did not make the cut.
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 12:00AM 
Here's a sneak preview of next months Allen Fly Fishing Artist Series
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