Pebble Mine

Bristol Bay’s unimpaired watersheds and wild, sustainable, commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries represent an extraordinarily rare resource of national and global importance. The best available science must  be considered in all levels of environmental review and permitting for Pebble Mine, a project whose potential scope is so vast that would forever alter the watershed and the fisheries resources that rely on it, including the extraordinarily prolific, sustainable, all-wild Bristol Bay salmon fisheries.

Latest News

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  AFS Commends EPA Veto of Pebble Mine Project to Protect Bristol Bay Salmon FisheriesJanuary 31, 2023
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2023 Contact: Drue Winters [email protected] AFS Commends EPA Veto of Pebble Mine Project to Protect Bristol Bay Salmon Fisheries The American Fisheries Society commends the EPA’s use of its authority under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to safeguard Bristol Bay’s, sustainable wild salmon and the pristine habitat they thrive
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  AFS Supports EPA Restrictions on Pebble MineSeptember 7, 2022
  September 6, 2022 Mr. Michael S. Regan Administrator Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20460 via regulations.gov Re: Proposed determination to restrict the use of certain waters in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed as disposal sites for discharge of dredged or fill material in association with mining the Pebble deposit;
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  AFS, Western Division, and the Alaska Chapter Submit Joint Pebble Mine CommentsJune 14, 2019
  The American Fisheries Society, the Western Division of AFS, and the AFS Alaska Chapter submitted a joint comment letter this week to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Pebble Mine Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The comments note that impacts and risks to fish and their habitats are underestimated and are not supported
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  Army Corps Extends Pebble Comment PeriodMay 6, 2019
  The Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period on its pending environmental analysis for the proposed Pebble mine. The comment deadline is now July 1, offering an additional 30 days.
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  Pebble Mine Draft Environmental Impact Statement Open for Comment March 1February 26, 2019
  The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Pebble Project. The Draft EIS is intended to disclose the likely impacts from the proposed project and to offer the public, tribes, and governmental agencies a chance to review and comment. The Draft EIS is available for