We have much more to do and your continued support is needed now more than ever.
And The 2015 NWF Affiliate of the Year Award Goes To…
The Renewable Resources Coalition and Foundation (RRC/F) of Alaska!
Founded in 2005, the mission of Renewable Resources Coalition, a 501(c)6, and Renewable Resources Foundation (RRF), a 501(c)4, is to protect the ongoing viability of Alaska’s fish and game resources and the habitat upon which they depend, and to educate the public on issues that affect these renewable resources.
Protecting Alaska’s Wilderness
With the looming threat of the development of Pebble Mine, RRC/F has fought to protect Bristol Bay, one of the world’s last great wildlands and home to the largest remaining wild salmon runs in the world. Thanks largely to the innovative and effective work of RRC/F, this disastrous project is now immensely unpopular with a majority of Alaskans and has become an issue of national importance.
Last year, RRC/F launched an aggressive state ballot initiative campaign to protect Bristol Bay for years to come. The Bristol Bay Forever Initiative passed in November by wide margins statewide. The Initiative ensures that “large-scale” metallic sulfide mining operations(s) will not constitute a danger to the fishery within Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve.” This standard of “do danger to the fishery” will apply not only to Pebble Mine, but to any potential large-scale metallic sulfide mine proposed in the region.
