EPA Visits Bristol Bay

Senior EPA officials were in Dillingham last Friday to give an update on the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment. The public meeting is an early stage in the agency’s assessment of the watershed and the potential impact of large-scale development on water quality and regional fisheries.

Commercial, subsistence and sport fishermen, as well as year-round Nushagak river residents made two hours worth of public statements on the possible impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine project that would be situated close to the river’s headwaters. Melati Kaye has more.