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Watching Moose in the Evening
Last night a mother moose and calf came wandering by . . . . I felt like I was connected to the whole world. Read more >
Imperiled Wilderness: Eight Things You Probably Don’t Know about Alaska’s Bristol Bay
The 40,000-square-mile Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska stretches across pristine tundra and wetlands crisscrossed with rivers that flow into the bay. Up to 40 million sockeye salmon return to this watershed each year—the world’s largest salmon run. In addition… Read more >
Shell Oil: More Drilling, Less Regulation!
Shell Oil has proposed to drill ten exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean in 2012-13, a major expansion of an earlier proposal to drill three wells in 2011. Citing Shell’s “world-class capabilities” and numerous safeguards in place, the company expressed optimism that… Read more >
Hard Rock Mines Threaten the Nation’s Waters
Metal prices are on a tear. Both gold and silver prices recently hit all-time highs. While this is good news for investors, it should alarm anyone who cares about clean water and wildlife. That’s because these soaring prices have caused… Read more >
The Upside-Down, Post-Deepwater Horizon World
Historically, environmental disasters have tended to prompt introspection, learning and some level of commitment to do a better job in the future. When an oil blowout blackened the waters near Santa Barbara in 1969, the nation galvanized in its support… Read more >
NWF, Sage, Orvis and Sportsmen Around Country Say “NO!” to Pebble Mine
Yesterday, 363 sport groups and businesses sent a letter to Lisa Jackson, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, asking her to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay region and its world class fishing and hunting from the proposed Pebble Mine. National Wildlife Federation… Read more >
Jewelers Value Wildlife Over Gold
Two foreign corporations propose building the largest gold and copper mine in North America (ironically named the Pebble Mine) in the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Recognizing that a mine in this fantastic area is likely to spell doom for… Read more >
Alaska Natives Speak Out Against Pebble Mine
While visiting Anchorage I had the pleasure to join in solidarity with Alaska natives to voice my opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine – a proposal is to build one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines entrenched at the headwaters of Bristol Bay’s unparalleled wild salmon fishery. Read more >
Big Mining Exploits Clean Water Act Loopholes
The Pebble Limited Partnership is proposing to build North America’s largest open pit mine in the pristine headwaters of Bristol Bay — the source of the greatest runs of wild sockeye salmon left on earth. Read more >
