Save Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine

Rebels to the Pebble is a group from Dillingham, Alaska who are asking for public support to save Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine.

“Our area is even more fragile because of our reliance on the salmon, not to mention the rest of the delicate ecosystem. Also, glacial gravel, the soil here, is very permeable.  Chemicals travel fast underground through the soil.  Chemicals don’t need to travel into the surface water by waterways to contaminate the water where the fish are. The amount of water that Pebble will use to run the mine per year, 35 billion gallons water, is more than the city of Anchorage uses per year.”

Bristol Bay has the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world and it is integral to the Alaskan economy and way of life.   One of the ways they are raising awareness is to tell retailers not to buy gold from Pebble Mine as part of the Dirty Gold campaign.

Please sign their petition at www.rebelpebble.com/sign-this-petition.html.  Another good site to learn more about this project is Our Bristol Bay.

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Tags: bristol bay, dirty gold, sockeye salmon