by Satchel Pondolfino | Jan 23, 2025 | Johnson Tract Mine, Bears, Belugas
Proposed Johnson Tract Gold Mine Threatens Endangered Belugas and Would Industrialize Tuxedni Bay — Satchel Pondolfino As during any administration change over, a shuffle of last minute action from executive orders, to permitting decisions to pardons ensues....
by Satchel Pondolfino | Jan 22, 2025 | Johnson Tract Mine, Bears, Belugas
Fast Tracking Johnson Tract — Satchel Pondolfino How do we fight a gold mine during the next administration? We pay attention and keep a watchful eye out for corner cutting, we build our case for inevitable litigation, and we keep repeating the truth: Alaska does not...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 24, 2024 | Bears, Belugas, Johnson Tract Mine
Why We Should Be Watching the Development of the Johnson Tract Mine UPDATE 10/28/2024: It seems the National Park Service (NPS) has canceled the inadequate 14-day public comment period on their resource analysis to assess a proposed haul road and port facility to...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Oct 22, 2024 | Bears, Belugas, blogs, Clean Water, Cook Inlet, Healthy Habitat, Johnson Tract Mine, Mining
Protecting Cook Inlet Belugas and the Ecological Legacy of Tuxedni Bay Cook Inlet belugas, one of the most endangered whale populations in the world, face constant threats from habitat degradation, industrial activities, and the impacts of climate change. Among...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 3, 2023 | Bears, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
The EPA’s decision this week to veto the Pebble Mine and issue Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay is a victory for Alaskans and the Bristol Bay and Cook Inlet ecosystems! In all the ways you showed up: at rallies, signing petitions and postcards, with dollars...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jun 23, 2022 | Bears, Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies, Pebble Mine, Salmon
How many times do we have to say NO to a bad project that would harm Alaskans? Most Alaskans know the main storyline of the decades-long Pebble Mine saga: Geologists discover the pebble deposit in 1987; A series of foreign companies thought it would be easy to dig a...
