Bristol Bay mining would harm Alaska salmon habitat, EPA analysis says

Large-scale mining operations in Alaska’s Bristol Bay will harm habitat for wild salmon, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded in a draft assessment Friday, but agency officials said they had not decided whether they would move to block a proposal for a major gold and copper mine there. Read full article >>

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EPA warns major mining would pose a threat to Alaska salmon

Northern Dynasty Minerals, a Canadian company, this week announced it would spend roughly $107 million to prepare its Pebble Mine project for permitting by the end of the year.

Bristol Bay salmon: EPA lists what a big mine could do

As Seattle welcomed the spring’s first shipment of Copper River salmon flown in from up north, a draft federal report warned of potential catastrophic impacts if a huge open-pit mine goes in near Alaska’s — and the world’s — greatest salmon fishery. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, based in Seattle, after working on the project for 15 months, released its preliminary ...

Pebble mine could devastate Alaska rivers, streams, EPA says

SEATTLE -- The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that plans for a massive mine in the hills above Bristol Bay in Alaska — home of the biggest sockeye salmon fishery in the world — could have devastating consequences for rivers and streams and wipe out habitat for fish.