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NAK is being refused mining license bc its next to Bristol Bay. heres why selling rn is a good idea. NAK doing well = eventually no more S+ tier salmon
On average, 40-50 million wild salmon make the epic migration from the ocean to the headwaters of Bristol Bay every year The Bristol Bay watershed:
supplies roughly 50% of the world’s commercial supply of wild sockeye salmon.
generates more than $1.5 billion a year in economic value, and
employs 14,000 workers.
This world-class resource is at risk from the proposed Pebble Mine, a massive copper and gold mine that would destroy salmon habitat, and cause lasting harm to this phenomenally productive ecosystem. According to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Phase 1 of the proposed Pebble Mine would:
Destroy more than 80 miles of streams and 3,500 acres of wetlands
Create a toxic pit lake filled with 61 billion gallons of mine water
Generate billions of gallons of mine pollution each and every year that will require treatment in perpetuity
Build and operate a 230 MW power plant
Lay a 188-mile long natural gas pipeline over land and under Cook Inlet and Iliamna Lake – Alaska’s largest freshwater lake
Create a barge system across Lake Iliamna to transport mine concentrate
The Bristol Bay salmon fishery is a sustainable and renewable resource, whereas the ore from the Pebble mine is nonrenewable. The ore will be shipped overseas to Asia, the profits will go to a foreign mining company, while the severe and lasting impacts stay here. In contrast, if the clean water and wild salmon habitat of the Bristol Bay watershed are protected, the salmon fishery can continue to feed our nation and power our economy forever. Perpetual pollution or perpetual salmon? An easy choice.