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Photo by Fly Out Media Protective measures will safeguard important salmon spawning rivers in Bristol Bay’s headwaters from large-scale mine waste disposal. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Nelli Williams, Alaska director, Trout Unlimited, (907) 230-7121, nelli.williams@tu.org Chris Wood, CEO and president, Trout Unlimited, chris.wood@tu.org Brian Kraft, president, Katmai Service Providers, owner, Alaska Sportsman’s Lodge, (907) 227-8719 …
Meet the 42 Bristol Bay guides working to stop the proposed Pebble mine from ruining a million dollar economy, a fishing paradise, and a world-class fishery.
All photos courtesy of Crystal Creek Lodge facebook page. You can’t miss the sign that says, “Do you love this place? We need your help. Ask us how,” when you walk up to Crystal Creek Lodge, in King Salmon. This is a model for how Dan Michels is as a businessman and a person. Dan…
Trout Unlimited’s Bristol Bay Ambassadors program highlights the people who help in the fight to save Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine. As we said at the launch, “For every person we highlight, we know there are hundreds more, doing their part because they care about Bristol Bay.” If you know someone who should be featured,…
Bristol Bay, Alaska is in the middle of an EPIC fishing season. The kind of season where I really can’t keep on top of the amazing pictures coming in from our lodge partners. Photo courtesy of TU Gold Business Member, Bear Trail Lodge. King Salmon, Alaska The kind of season where news crews are lining…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hunters, Anglers, Sportsmen Call on Obama Administration and Federal Environmental Protection Agency to Protect Bristol Bay, Alaska More than 360 outdoor organizations join forces and ask the EPA and White House to stand up for sportsmen and protect Bristol Bay Washington, D.C. – A united coalition of fishing, hunting and sporting organizations…
You know about the proposed Pebble Mine. Nothing could be more damaging to the productive Bristol Bay ecosystem than this mine. Not only will it destroy over 3,000 acres of wetlands and more than 21 miles of salmon streams at the mine site. Worse yet, it will include a massive tailings storage facility, treatment ponds,…
Media Contact: Paula Dobbyn, Director of Communications, Trout Unlimited Alaska, 907-230-1513, pdobbyn@tu.org Chef Contacts: Bryan Szeliga Chef de Cuisine, Lucy’s Table 303-910-2999bryanjohnszeliga@gmail.comKevin Davis Chef/Owner, Steelhead Diner and Blueacre Seafood 206-427-2915Kevin@steelheaddiner.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Eat Wild Salmon and Savor Bristol Bay Northwest Restaurants and Markets Help Trout Unlimited Alaska to Protect Bristol Bay Salmon from Mine…
Pictured above: The custom Nautilus reel being offered as a prize for signing up to help protect Bristol Bay with Trout Unlimited By: The Alaska Program We are honored partner with our friends at Nautilus Reels to save a threatened world-class fishing destination in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Nautilus Reels will be giving away a custom…
Jan. 15, 2014 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, (703) 284-9403 Tim Bristol, Director of TU Alaska, (907) 321-3291 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EPA Report: Pebble Mine will Damage $1.5 Billion Bristol Bay Fishery in Spectacular Alaska Landscape Trout Unlimited and Sportsmen Across U.S. Call for Immediate Action ANCHORAGE, AlaskaThe Environmental Protection Agencys final Bristol Bay…
Another segment on Tucker Carlson Tonight hands the mic to one of Bristol Bay’s loudest advocates: Brian Kraft.
How you can help urge the EPA to finalize safeguards for Bristol Bay
A good day fishing in Bristol Bay. Photo submitted by Pat Vermillion By Jenny LynesForeword by Nelli Williams, Deputy Director, Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program I can think of no better person to kick-off the Bristol Bay Ambassadors series than Pat Vermillion. I first met Pat several years ago, upon being invited to his lodge to talk to…
The best way to protect Bristol Bay is to advance and acquire permanent legal protections for the streams, lakes and wetlands of the region that are supported by the local community and durable to withstand attacks from the hard rock mining industry.
Contact:Shoren Brown, Bristol Bay campaign director, sbrown@tu.org, (202) 674-2380Tim Bristol, TU Alaska Program Director, tbristol@tu.org, (907) 321-3291 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen applaud EPAs assessment of Bristol Bay, Alaska; Call on President for swift action to protect fishery, jobs, and economy Washington, D.C. Hunting and fishing groups across the country voiced support for the Environmental Protection…
Photo by Robert Glenn Ketchum January 13, 2016 Contact: Nelli Williams, Alaska Program Director, Trout Unlimited (907) 230-7121 or nwilliams@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sportsmen applaud Inspector General report of Environmental Protection Agency conduct during Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment Report confirms fair and unbiased conduct by the U.S. EPA ANCHORAGE, AK Sportsmen and Bristol Bay business…
By: Jenny Weis, Alaska Program This month, we have the first formal chance to weigh in on Pebble’s latest mine plan. Our comments will help ensure the proposed Pebble mine doesn’t become a reality and irreparably harm the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. Photo: Ben Knight In December, the Pebble Partnership applied for the first…
Contact: Paul Queary, Strategies 360, (206) 282-1990;PaulQ@strategies360.com Contact: Kristin Dizon, Strategies 360, (206) 631-1989;KristinD@strategies360.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Threat to thousands of sustainable fishing jobs prompts fisherman, Alaska Natives to take their story to the Lower 48 beginning Oct. 17; Tour will highlight proposed Pebble mine’s threat to fishing jobs, Native way of life Seattle Alaska…
The 2020 Save Bristol Bay Guide Ambassador program connected local guides to resources to stand up against Pebble. This year, we are calling on guides to help us advance permanent protections for the fish, people, and communities of southwest Alaska.
NEWS: Last Friday, the U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that he would not withdraw the 2014 Clean Water Act 404(c) Proposed Determination for Bristol Bay, Alaska. What does this mean? The Proposed Determination, when finalized would have put restrictions on mining the Pebble Deposit. In May, those restrictions were heading toward being done away…
