Save Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay Alaska-Bad news from the Trump administration:

Bristol Bay Alaska: I remember floating the Alagnak River 25 years ago with Jeff Dixon and Jay Setlock. We almost crashed a float plane, we were stranded on a sand bar for 4 days waiting for anyone to show up with an air pump so we could inflate our raft, we forgot fuel for our stove so we had to eat cold mountain house and couldn’t boil drinking water, but oh my.....was this god’s country. The beauty was incredible. The solitude was awe inspiring. We saw 1 float plane the entire time, more fish than we could ever count, and 12-13 bears a day. What a special place this was. I was in a protected watershed of Katmai national park and preserve, near Bristol Bay; deemed the last wild fishery in America, and the world.

So I was so disappointed to read that President Trump just approved the pebble mine. What a sad sad day for millions of people who adamantly voiced concerns through the last 8 years over disrupting the last wild fishery, Bristol Bay Alaska. The Pebble Mine, a company not even in the U.S., will now take billions in gold, silver, and copper from your public lands. Trump approved Pebble to build a 12 mile (you read that correctly) mine, destroy 2,000 acres of wetlands and more than 100 miles of streams. Think about and all those native fish, wildlife, and the wild salmon in them gone forever. On top of that they propose to connect a 212 mile road to the mine from the Dalton highway, most of which is through Native Alaskan tribal lands.

I don’t normally do politics, or even posts like this, but this is a loss for millions of Americans, the local population of people, and our children.

There are two courses of action to take. #1 is to elect a different president who can put a stop to this, and find truth in the EPA’s negative recommendation of the mine, the concerns for native lands being taken away, and poisonous chemicals flowing into our rivers and oceans.

#2. Get petitions started to inform Donald Trump (and congress)that we are not going to stand for this.

Let’s not treat Bristol Bay like we did the rainforests. Let’s protect Bristol Bay Alaska by finding new leadership in our country, specifically someone who cares how we leave this earth for our children.

Please share this post if you believe in saving Bristol Bay. Together we can make change happen.

4Cory Weidenbach, Paul Cavender and 2 others

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