![]() ![]() The mine and its transportation corridor would damage nearly 200 miles of streams and thousands of acres of wetlands. The issue is "mitigation," a feature of the Clean Water Act that says if you want to build a project that damages wetlands or streams, you must offset that damage with improvements, ideally in the same place that's harmed. While the Army Corps has not outright killed the mine proposal, it may have set conditions that are impossible to meet. ![]() Dan Sullivan's remarks were much the same: "I support this conclusion. The Pebble Partnership has run ads to highlight a conclusion the Corps of Engineers reached this summer: that the mine would have "no measurable impact" on Bristol Bay's salmon population or fishery.Īnd Sen. Mine supporters say the project would bring year-round jobs to an area that badly needs them and provide minerals the nation needs. This part of southwest Alaska is also renowned for expensive sport-fishing lodges. They say the mine is an existential threat to the way of life in Bristol Bay, where the economy and the culture revolve around commercial and subsistence salmon fishing. Until now, the Pebble Mine seemed on track to get its federal permit as early as this fall, to the alarm of fishermen and Alaska Native organizations. It's not an outright veto of the mine, but some of the groups fighting the project say the years-long battle is as good as won. ET After a pressure campaign by people with President Trump's ear, the Army Corps of Engineers says a proposed open-pit gold mine upstream from Alaska's most valuable salmon fishery can't proceed as the developers hoped. He tweeted his opposition to Alaska's Pebble Mine this month, noting its potential harm to a salmon fishery. ![]() posted this photo of himself on Facebook in 2014. ![]()
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