'We've done our part; it's now up to the EPA to finally finish the job and defend Bristol Bay from the threat of Pebble Mine,' said one opponent of the project. VetoPebbleMine
Activists and residents who have spent the past several years fighting to safeguard the region responded by again highlighting the dangers of the proposed Pebble Mine project and any other efforts to extract copper and gold deposits at the expense of the local ecosystem.
"The indisputable facts, clear science, and extensive administrative record overwhelmingly support a final 404 determination that protects Bristol Bay's headwaters from not only the mine plan proposed by PLP in 2020, but any future large-scale porphyry ore mining proposed for the Pebble deposit," the letter concludes.
Katherine Carscallen, executive director of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay, pointed out that locals made time to submit comments"while thousands of fishermen and processing workers were working hard to deliver a record-breaking 59.5 million wild sockeye salmon to the market."
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