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Dec. 28, 2009 – Click here to read a first-hand account of a visit to the Pebble Mine site this past summer, written by a Trout Unlimited national trustee.
Dec. 21, 2009 – The Bristol Bay Native Corporation is feeling the heat for its opposition to the Pebble Mine project. Read about reaction from several village corporations in the Bristol Bay Times.
Dec. 17, 2009 – The great folks at Sage are selling a special Save Bristol Bay” hat, and $5 of the purchase price goes to TU’s Alaska program to fight for Bristol Bay. Order yours today!
Dec. 11, 2009 – Click here to listen to a Dillingham radio news story on this latest development.
Dec. 11, 2009 – BREAKING NEWS: Bristol Bay Native Corp. Opposes Pebble – The Bristol Bay Native Corp. board voted Friday, Dec. 11 to oppose the development of the massive copper and gold Pebble prospect in Southwest Alaska. Click here to read the story from the Anchorage Daily News.
Dec. 5, 2009 – Alaska Board of Fisheries approves letter to protect fisheries near Pebble Mine. See the tv news clip here. The board will now send a letter to Alaska’s state legislature, asking for additional protections for state lands in Bristol Bay. You can read stories in the Anchorage Daily News here (12/06/09) and here (12/09/09).
Nov. 27, 2009 – An Alaska judge has denied the injunction to stop exploratory work at Pebble. However, the same judge did not dismiss the suit filed by eight village corporations and several individuals. Read the story in the Anchorage Daily News.

Sig Hansen from Deadliest Catch
Sig Hansen from the hit television show Deadliest Catch.

Nov. 23, 2009 – Sig Hansen from the hit television show Deadliest Catch blogged about the attempt by the Pebble folks to boycott the Seattle restaurants featuring Bristol Bay salmon on their menus.
Nov. 22, 2009 – The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran a column about the proposed boycott of the Seattle restaurants promoting wild Alaska salmon and awareness of the threat the proposed Pebble Mine poses to Bristol Bay.
Nov. 19, 2009 – A Bristol Bay commercial salmon fisherman writes an opinion piece in the Anchorage Daily News, thanking the jewelry industry for taking a stand for Bristol Bay’s fishery and cultural traditions.
Nov. 16, 2009 – The Seattlest blog has an entry about a leader of Truth About Pebble” calling for a boycott of the Seattle restaurants participating in this week's Savor Bristol Bay event. The Associated Press picked up on the story and it ran in the New York Times.
Nov. 14, 2009 – The Natural Resources Defense Council published a new online brief about the fight over the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay.
Nov. 3, 2009 – Want to save wild salmon? Eat one! If you are in the Seattle area, be sure to check out Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Week from Nov. 15-21. Several local restaurants will be featuring wild Alaska salmon on their menus. Even if you aren’t in the Seattle area, click the link and you can find out how to purchase wild Bristol Bay salmon from family-owned fishing businesses.
Nov. 2, 2009 – A young girl from Pedro Bay, on the shores of Lake Iliamna, made a very good short video about how her village might be affected by the Pebble Mine project. The video was shown at the Native Youth Film Festival.
Oct. 29, 2009 – A new investor advisory released today raises significant questions about the risks associated with Anglo American plc's Pebble Mine Project in southwest Alaska. The advisory details the growing list of regulatory, legal, engineering and political challenges facing the London-based mining giant as its struggles to secure permits for the controversial gold-copper mine. Read the press release, and also view the full report.
Oct. 22, 2009 – View a few news stories about the efforts undertaken in Washington, D.C., during Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Week.
Oct. 19, 2009 – SAA Director Scott Hed participated in Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Week, organized by Trout Unlimited in Washington, D.C. It was the first opportunity for Alaska Native residents of the Bristol Bay region, commercial fishing interests, and sport fishing interests to raise awareness about Bristol Bay among members of Congress, Administration staff, and staff at agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, Environmental Protection Agency, and Army Corps of Engineers.
Oct. 14, 2009 – Natural Resources Defense Council published "Fighting for Precious Ground," an article about Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine in their online magazine OnEarth.
Oct. 13, 2009 – The Natural Resources Defense Council announced today a new BioGem campaign to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the world’s most productive salmon fishery, from the development of Pebble Mine, one of the largest gold and copper mines ever proposed.
Oct. 2009 – View the ad in National Jeweler from jewelry icon Tiffany & Co. in which they explain why the company is opposed to mining in Bristol Bay.
Oct. 2, 2009 – Send a note of thanks to the jewelers pledging to not buy gold from Pebble Mine!
Oct. 1, 2009 – Class ring makers join fight, pledge to not buy gold from the Pebble Mine. Read the stories in the Juneau Empire, MineWeb, and National Jeweler.
Sept. 23, 2009 – In this Wall Street Journal blog, former Alaska governor (and current Bristol Bay set-netter) Sarah Palin commented about Bristol Bay’s amazingly productive salmon fishery in a speech given in Hong Kong. Here’s her best quote: “Over 70% of our exports came from wild organic fresh Alaska seafood, and our potential for more is massive because Alaska has the world’s richest seafood industry. We have the world’s most abundant salmon spawning grounds right there in Bristol Bay.”
Sept. 22, 2009 - The Alaska Department of Fish & Game issued their Summary of the 2009 Bristol Bay Salmon Season …Wow, over 40 million sockeye returned!
Sept. 22, 2009 – The Anchorage Daily News editorialized on the problems with pollution at the Red Dog zinc mine in northwest Alaska and the effect that those problems may have on the proposed Pebble mine project.
Sept. 22, 2009 – A new poll shows that a huge majority of Bristol Bay residents oppose development of the Pebble Mine. There’s also an article from television station KTUU that interviews some of the people involved with the poll and reaction from Pebble to the results.
Sept. 2009 – For a peek behind the Northern Dynasty curtain, here’s a presentation they gave at a mining conference recently about the Pebble project. Some technical stuff, some feel-good PR stuff, some maps showing proposed road corridor and ideas for power supply, etc.
Sept. 17, 2009 – Trout Unlimited also sent an action alert, allowing you to send a note to Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar and BLM Director Bob Abbey about protecting federal lands in Bristol Bay. Visit TU's Web site now and send your comments!
Sept. 5, 2009 – National Wildlife Federation sent an action alert about Bristol Bay’s BLM lands. Visit the NWF Web site to send a comment to BLM Director Bob Abbey asking for protections for Bristol Bay.
Aug. 26, 2009 – Read the Anchorage Daily News story by Elizabeth Bluemink, "Groups seek mining ban across the Bristol Bay watershed."
Aug. 26, 2009 – SAA helped organize a letter from 275 sporting interests to the new Director of the BLM regarding management of federal lands in Bristol Bay. Read about the effort on the American Fly Fishing Trade Association site.
Aug. 7, 2009 – Read the Alaska Journal of Commerce story about the bounty of Bristol Bay and the big season that commercial fishermen had this summer.
Aug. 5, 2009 – Two brothers are bicycling from Alaska to Argentina to draw attention to Bristol Bay wild salmon and the threat the fishery faces from a proposed open-pit copper and gold mine. Visit the Pebble Pedalers Web site and/or Download the Press Release from Trout Unlimited.
July 29, 2009 – Bristol Bay Residents Assert Pebble Exploration Violates State Constitution – Exploration permits could be suspended as a result of lawsuit filed today. Read the press release ...
Time Magazine just ran a Postcard from Bristol Bay, a short piece on the Time/CNN Web site.”
As a result of the Bristol Bay campaign’s trip to London this spring, and a London screening of Red Gold,” The Ecologist just ran a very good overview of the Bristol Bay issue. Read it here.
The National Parks Conservation Association recently awarded Lake Clark National Park & Preserve the highest cultural resources score of any of the more than 60 parks assessed to date, a fine tribute to the region's rich history and park managers' dedication to recording and sharing the story of the people of Lake Clark and Bristol Bay. The report also finds that the Pebble mining district, proposed on lands directly adjacent to Lake Clark preserve, poses the most urgent threat to Bristol Bay's clean waters, wild salmon, traditional lifestyles and our national parks. Check out the report and the new NPCA Lake Clark Web page here.
National Parks Traveler also recently featured Lake Clark National Park & Preserve with an article that highlights the threat to the park and the Bristol Bay region from proposed mining, including the Pebble project. Read the article here.
SAA Director Scott Hed was profiled in his home newspaper, the Argus Leader, on July 8, 2009. See the story here.

Outside Magazine has an article in the June 2009 issue about the fight for Bristol Bay.

Outside Magazine has an article in the June 2009 issue about the fight for Bristol Bay. One of the main persons featured in the article is none other than Lindsey Bloom, a commercial fishing captain who works for Trout Unlimited’s Alaska program when she’s not running her boat and crew. Click here for a photo gallery of images from the story.
The-Fisheries.net is a relatively new sportfishing Web site. They just posted an interview with Dr. Carol Ann Woody, a fisheries research scientist working in Bristol Bay, about the efforts to document waterways that are important for salmon in the Bristol Bay region. This is an important aspect to the Bristol Bay campaign, and having documented scientific evidence of salmon habitat will be helpful in the fight to protect the Bay’s resources.
June 2009 – Click here to view a series of new educational/science ads being run by some of SAA's allies in Alaska – the Renewable Resources Coalition and Renewable Resources Foundation. The ads focus on effects of copper on salmon, the amount of water it would take to operate Pebble Mine, and the risk of seismic activity in the Bristol Bay region. The ads most recently ran in Kenai, Seward, and in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley.
May 2009 –Click here for an article on Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine from the current issue of Salmon & Steelhead Journal (PDF File Size 390k). The article is written by a great guy that lives on the Kenai Peninsula and works for the Renewable Resources Foundation to protect Bristol Bay.
Summer 2009 – The Summer 2009 issue of the Nature Conservancy magazine features a great story about the scientific work being done to study the salmon runs in Bristol Bay, and includes some good images.
Spring 2009 – The spring 2009 issue of the National Parks Conservation Association magazine has a fine article about the potential impact on Lake Clark National Park and Preserve by the proposed Pebble Mine. Read the Pebble Mine article in NPCA magazine.
Mar. 31, 2009 – Anchorage Daily News article, "Anglo American mining executive visits Alaska," PEBBLE PROSPECT: Moody-Stuart defends mining giant's record.
Mar. 28, 2009 – SAA Director Scott Hed was interviewed on the Dan Small Outdoors Radio program about the Bristol Bay campaign. Listen to Episode 413 here, and skip to the 19:00 mark to listen to just the SAA interview.
Mar. 28, 2009 – The Chairman of London-based Anglo-American (major partner in the Pebble Mine proposal) visited Dillingham, Alaska, on the weekend of March 28. View a press release about Dillingham’s response to the visit HERE along with pictures of the rally HERE.
Mar. 6, 2009 – Interview with Alaska Master Hunting Guide Tony Lee about Bristol Bay/Pebble Mine. View video here.
Mar. 6, 2009 – SAA Director Scott Hed interviewed at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Elk Camp event in Fort Worth TX. View video here.
Mar. 3, 2009 – Outdoor Life magazine’s March 2009 issue has a short Q&A with Lauren Oakes of Trout Unlimited’s Alaska office about the Red Gold” film project. Click here (to open PDF) to read it. Also, another interview with Travis Rummel the co-director of Red Gold” at Felt Soul Media can be found online at Outdoor Life's Web site.
Mar. 1, 2009 – SAA Director Scott Hed was interviewed by Lee Murdock of FlyFishMagazine.com at a sport show in Charlotte in February. Check out the interview here.
Feb. 12, 2009 – Read a brand new article about the Pebble Mine project and the battle for Bristol Bay in the March issue of Men’s Journal ...
Feb. 3, 2009 – The Orvis News recently ran another story on Bristol Bay. Read the article here ...
Jan. 30, 2009 – Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska Teams Up with StoneFly Vineyards - Raising a Glass to Watershed Conservation in Bristol Bay. More ...
Special Edition No Pebble Mine / James Prosek Sockeye Salmon” T-Shirt Now Available! More ...
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