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Entries in Stop the Pebble Mine (211)

Saturday
Jul212012

Casting for Conservation in Bristol Bay 

Some of our friends making the case for Bristol Bay.

Get your comments in to the EPA!

Saturday
Jul212012

Protect Our Winters and Callan Chythlook-Sifsof Work To Save Bristol Bay 

Just TWO more days to get your comments in to the EPA.

Join Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof and POW in protecting Bristol Bay from the construction of the Pebble Mine.

(via: TGR)

Wednesday
Jul182012

FRONTLINE probes the fault lines of a growing battle in the Bristol Bay region

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.

Check your local listings.

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.

Sunday
Jul082012

EPA - No extension on Bristol Bay watershed comment period

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it won’t extend the 60-day public comment period on the agency’s draft assessment of the Bristol Bay watershed, a study of the environmental impact the controversial Pebble Mine or other projects could have on the important fishing area.

LINK (via:Fairbanks Daily News Miner)

Thursday
Jun282012

Tee Shirt of the Week

Here's a sneak preview of next months Allen Fly Fishing Artist Series

Tuesday
Jun262012

Pebble Mine & Bristol Bay EPA Report Meet the Black Swan

Who better than to comment on the EPA report on the potential impact of mining on the Bristol Bay Region than mining consultant Jack Caldwell. A paper Caldwell wrote with Lawrence Charlebois titled Tailings Impoundment Failures, Black Swans, Incident Avoidance, and Checklists is quoted in the EPA report.

LINK