The Latest Breaking News from Bristol Bay

Don Jr Blamed for Trump Alaska Mine Block That Gives China Critical Minerals Edge

The Trump administration is defending a Biden-era EPA veto blocking Alaska's Pebble Mine, citing environmental concerns and past opposition from Donald Trump Jr.

International Business Times UK · Mar 27

EPA head says he's 'proud" of decision to block Alaska mine and protect salmon-rich Bristol Bay

The nation’s top environmental official said he fully supports his agency’s decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the state of Alaska has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn that action

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

Alaska asks US Supreme Court to strike down the rejection of a proposed copper, gold mine

The state of Alaska wants the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal agency’s rejection of a proposed copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Conservation concerns cancel Alaska's Bering snow, king crab seasons

Alaska officials have canceled the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest, and in a first-ever move, also scuttled the winter harvest of smaller snow crab.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

Both sides dig in as EPA’s final decision on Pebble Mine nears

Environmental advocates, Alaska Natives and commercial fishermen say they are at once confident and anxious as they wait for the EPA to announce a final ban on mining wastes in Bristol Bay, Alaska — home to one of the world’s largest salmon fisheries — that would effectively kill a gold…

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Both sides dig in as EPA's final decision on Pebble Mine nears - Roll Call

Developers, environmental advocates await an EPA decision that could block the opening of the Pebble Mine near an Alaskan salmon fishery.

Roll Call · Oct 3, 2022

Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon run shatters records, and it's not done yet

NAKNEK, Alaska — Record-breaking numbers of sockeye salmon have returned to southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay, and the tally is expected to climb higher in the days ahead.

Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2022

EPA proposes Bristol Bay protections in potential blow to Pebble Mine development

SEATTLE — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed protections for some Bristol Bay drainages, a move that — if finalized — would effectively block attempts to develop an open pit mine to extract gold, copper, silver and molybdenum in a Southwest Alaska region that sustains the world's biggest sockeye…

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

EPA proposes restrictions in fight over Alaska mine

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022