Last week, nearly 40 hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation businesses in Bristol Bay sent a letter to Alaska Governor Dunleavy asking him, again, to cease his continued support for the proposed Pebble mine that was denied its key federal permit in November 2020.

2020 was the year we stopped Pebble. 2021 is the year we get Bristol Bay the permanent protections it needs and deserves. Here are the big things to watch for this year.

The best way to protect Bristol Bay is to advance and acquire permanent legal protections for the streams, lakes and wetlands of the region that are supported by the local community and durable to withstand attacks from the hard rock mining industry.

The decision to stop the proposed Pebble mine wouldn’t have happened without millions of people submitting comments and signing petitions, calling elected officials, and of course, rocking “No Pebble Mine” stickers for nearly two decades. Thank you.

Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially denied the key federal permit for the proposed Pebble mine.

Today, backers of the proposed Pebble mine project submitted a new compensatory mitigation plan to permit reviewers in attempts to meet Clean Water Act standards. The plan has still not been shared with the public, likely because mitigating a pristine region is impossible.

On October 29th, 2020, two additional videos were released in the Pebble Tapes series, revealing information about the true intentions of the companies pushing to develop the Pebble mine.

Alaska’s Senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, have now both officially opposed the proposed Pebble mine.

A series of 12 videos showing Pebble Limited Partnership executives discussing various elements of the proposed Pebble mine illuminate their true intentions for a significantly larger mine in Bristol Bay, and detail considerable behind the scenes coordination with government officials.

President Trump’s tweets regarding the Pebble mine permitting process take us back to what we’ve been saying all along. The science has been clear that the project is incompatible with the fishery and a majority of Alaskans are opposed to the Pebble mine. It’s time to #DenyThePermit.

Another FOX News segment turns the microphone over to a Bristol Bay business owner who has been one of the most vocal advocates for the region for the past two decades.