Legislation introduced in the U.S. House to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act proposes to eliminate compensatory mitigation under the Clean Water Act, a section that has been key to environmental protection of wetlands.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: House Bill from Outside Representative threatens Bristol Bay salmon, culture, jobs
DILLINGHAM, AK – Alaska Tribes, commercial fishermen, business owners and sportsmen expressed their deep disappointment at a bill introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Bill once again threatens Alaska’s greatest salmon fishery and its tens of thousands of jobs by erasing from the federal Clean Water Act important provisions for wetlands protection.