Latest News, 2008 and earlier
- Oct. 1, 2008 – Field & Stream, Salmon Paradise Under Fire. Take a trip with Hal Herring to fish Alaska's Koktuli River, one of the salmon fisheries threatened by the effects of the Pebble Mine.
- On Aug. 27, 2008 the Renewable Resources Coalition (RRC) published a news release stating, "The RRC would like to acknowledge the tens of thousands of Alaskans who supported Proposition 4 as we did and the hundreds of volunteers who worked so diligently on this issue. The fight to save Bristol Bay’s wild salmon is hardly over, and the results of this election simply show how much work we still have ahead of us." Read more ...
- July 31, 2008 – Letter from the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) to Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska regarding Proposals to Create Mining District in Portions of Bristol Bay Watershed. Read it now ...
- Summer 2008 – Click here to read an article by David Oakes of Dallas Safari Club about the field trip organized by SAA that brought delegates from leading hunting conservation groups to Southeast Alaska in the summer of 2007 to learn about management of the Tongass National Forest (PDF File Size 1273 k).
- July 2008 edition of Fish Alaska magazine features an article by Troy Letherman, "Hard-rock Mining, Pebble and the Fight for Iliamna." Read it now ...
- July 4, 2008 – EFTTA members pledge support to Alaskan Bristol Bay campaign. More ...
- On May 16, 2008, the Secretary of Interior announced that the BLM would defer additional oil and gas leasing around Teshekpuk Lake. More ...
- Special News Report, "The Battle of Bristol Bay" from the March 2008 issue of Angling International. Read the full article ...
- On Jan. 25, 2008, the U.S. Forest Service released the new Tongass Land Management Plan. More ...
- Read Kirk Deeter's March 2008 Field & Stream article, "Salmon Roulette." Graphics show how open pit mines operate and the author writes about how Pebble Mine could destroy one of the world's best fisheries.
- Abel (www.abelreels.com) will produce a limited edition of engraved red reels and donate a portion of the proceeds to the Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska. Read the Press Release ...
- A recent article by Joseph E. Daniel in Wild On The Fly magazine (www.wildonthefly.com) summarizes the mining threat to Bristol Bay, Alaska. Download and read the article (PDF file size 591k) ...
- Want more information about Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine? Read Bill Battles' recent article in Fly Fish America magazine titled, "Ground Zero - Where Water is More Precious Than Gold."
- Read about one of the leaders of the resistance to Pebble Mine, Brian Kraft, in American Angler magazine. Don't miss this great story by Tim Bristol, who runs Trout Unlimited’s Alaska program on the Bristol Bay area and the threat it faces from mining development. Visit AmericanAngler.com NOW ...
- Read Scott Hed's recent article from the Dallas Safari Club's Spring 2007 issue of Game Trails, "Pebble Mine Proposal Threatens Bristol Bay" (PDF file size 2.5M).
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Do you support the Pebble Mine project?
You might, even if you don’t realize it.
The major companies in the Pebble Mine project are Northern Dynasty (NAK), Anglo-American (AAUK) and Rio Tinto (RTP). If you hold any of these mutual funds in your portfolio, you could be passively supporting the Pebble Mine.
Click HERE for the latest listing (Sept. 28, 2008) of mutual funds which hold stock in these mining companies.
Disclaimer: Funds buy and sell assets often, so it’s important to have your advisor double check. This information will be updated periodically on this Web page. This type of investing is known as socially responsible investing” and is gaining publicity and momentum. Simply ask your investment professional if there are other funds with similar (or better!) returns which do not hold stocks in the Pebble project partners.
"Wild Heritage" article in Sporting Classics
By Todd Tanner
In case you haven’t heard, we’re getting ready to trade part of the pristine wilderness that sits atop Lake Iliamna, one of North America’s most important angling destinations, for a pile of gold and copper. And if, in our shortsightedness and greed, the Pebble Mine happens to destroy what may well be the finest wild trout and salmon fishery on the planet . . .
Read Todd Tanner's complete article from the January 2008 issue of Sporting Classics (PDF file size 298k).
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U.S. House Passes Favorable Tongass Amendment
On June 26, 2007 the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed an amendment which helps protect the remaining road-free watersheds of the Tongass National Forest. These habitats support healthy populations of fish and game as well as the region’s commercial fishing industry and a growing outdoor recreation industry which includes sport fishing and hunting. The ad shown below, sponsored by the Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska and Wildlife Forever, ran in Congress Daily to show support from sportspersons for the amendment.
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