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About Save Bristol Bay
Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program works to preserve, protect and restore wild salmon and trout populations throughout Alaska. Through sound scientific data, strong grassroots outreach and advocacy, and hands-on involvement in conservation projects we protect some of the most pristine and prized rivers on the planet, restore those that need some help, and engage the next generation of coldwater stewards in Alaska’s natural heritage.
January 2010
Report From The Field: Dillingham, AK
Recently I was invited by the Rebels Against Pebble out of Dillingham to participate in a panel discussion. Our side of the panel was made up of Native leaders, subsistence fisherman, commercial fisherman, the director of the Renewable Resource Coalition and a former Alaskan Senator. We were there to defend our abundant renewable resources and our clean water that sustains them and us.
Target Stops Selling Farmed Salmon
Target announced today that it will only sell wild-caught Alaskan salmon in its stores nation wide. Our take? We applaud Target's courageous action and encourage them to think about the potential impacts from 8 billion tons of toxic mine waste on the biggest wild salmon fishery in the state of Alaska - Bristol Bay. Read more.
Save Bristol Bay Party and Fundraiser in Gig Harbor Washington Feb 3 and 4
Please join us for an evening of revelry to benefit Bristol Bay. Sponsored by Trout Unlimited and Sportsmen's Alliance for Alaska in coordination with the Gig Harbor Fly Shop and Moldy Chum this evening is sure to please with drink specials, door prizes, and a showing of the award winning documentary Red Gold. Find out more.
Pebble Annouces no Permit Applications in 2010
Pebble announced last night that it will not apply for permits in 2010. That's the word from the Pebble Partnership during a recent public debate about the proposed mine in Dillingham. It's a delay in the company's previous permitting schedule. To listen to Mike Mason's public radio story about the debate, which featured Pebble Partnership chief executive John Shively, former state Sen. Rick Halford, and others. Listen to the hearing here.
Bristol Bay Video by Men's Journal
View this fantastic video shot by photographer Cory Rich that highlights the threat to Alaska's Bristol Bay Salmon by the Proposed Pebble Mine. Visit our friends at Alaska Alpine Adventures to check it out.
Fishing for Gold
Science Magazine has published a new article on Bristol Bay and the proposed Pebble mine. It quotes fisheries biologist Sarah O'Neal, whose research on salmon habitat in the Bristol Bay watershed this summer was done in partnership with Trout Unlimited Alaska. Read the article.
Fisherman Stand Strong for Bristol Bay in Denver
This weekend sportsmen and women stood strong for Bristol Bay and signed up in droves to oppose pebble mine at the International Sportsmen Expo and the Fly Fishing Show in Denver, Colorado. People from all over the rockies signed post cards, made donations, and committed to donate their time to help stop the Pebble mine.
Dillingham Declares Opposition to Pebble
The largest community in the Bristol Bay region has gone on record opposing the proposed Pebble mine. The resolution passed by the city of Dillingham this week follows a similar one adopted last month by Bristol Bay Native Corp. The Bristol Bay Times has the story.
Save Bristol Bay Events in Denver Colorado This Week
Trout Unlimited and Sportsmen's Alliance for Alaska are at it again - spreading the word in the lower 48 about the threats from the proposed pebble mine. Please join us at our outreach booths in Denver this weekend at the International Sportsmen's Expo and the Fly Fishing Show. If you are free on Friday night - be sure to make your way down Quixotes for a night of Bristol Bay celebration, advocacy, and revelry.