JDRakly
My wife's family has fished Bristol Bay at Ekuk since 1959. They and their native neighbors say they like life the way it is with salmon being a subsistence life style. Their choice and requirement for thousands of years. With the future leakage of toxic chemicals from Pebble, anyone would have to be nuts to sacrifice this beautiful piece of the earth for copper and gold. Is it really going to go to China??? And as far as Juneau being for the mine, they should be their own state, like Seattle or San Francisco and butt out of AK business. They don't think like normal people. And NO, I am NOT an environmentalist. I drive a gas hog Dodge truck. Pray for the Bay.

Noelita Lopez
just browsing, looking for Frying Pan Lake ariel photo. Also I need a salmon pic for center of my quilt top I'm creating. Thank you.

Andrea
LOVE the pics-great job, I'm putting this on my bucket list for sure now!

Bob Shoemaker
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Gary Brault
I have fished the beautiful Kvickak River for years, I do not like the smell of this operation, copper for China!!

Dannielle
http://www.galeon.com/gest-telecom/ephedra/buy-ephedra-hcl.html

jay soldwisch
Jobs versus the environment? I live in Chicago - because that is where "jobs" are AND were; like so many others now, I'munemployed. Jobs are NOT forever, especially those based on destroying the environment. Apparently we have not learned over time that we hold the power to destroy the very land we depend on for sustenance; from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the BP Oil spill. There are ways to make money in this beautiful part of the country besides stringing beads as suggested in another post. There are other industries to be attracted that won't destory the irreplaceable. Fast start that famous American trait: ingenuity!

Jay Soldwisch
When will people "wake up" to the beauty that greed is destroying?

mike milling
Worked @ Diamond J in early 50's

GREG
Hey! how do i see the photos?

Belle
http://spence.sufx.net/phentermine/lowest-price.html

Alexander
http://digilander.libero.it/ninho60/alprazolam/alprazolam-schedule.html

VI
Have you visited villages in the area? Ask people in the villages there if they want jobs. What can you offer instead of steady jobs at the future mine? Glass beads making?

Daniel R. Cobb
http://www.themine-thebook.com

Evyn Ysais
ohh yeaahh

Cinimin
Thank you for sharing your info. I am very interested in keeping up with what is happening here. I used to work fo Lake Clark Air and fly people for and against the mine in the same airplane. This was years ago. I always made sure the person against the mine was next to me in the front seat so the others could hear us talk. HeHeHe

Allyson
http://mlab.square7.ch/periactin/effects-periactin-side.html

Daniel
You cannot write an honest article on the Pebble controversy without including the name Bob Gillam. Bob Gillam, the richest person in Alaska, has a 14,000 square foot lodge at Keyes Point on Lake Clark. He's spent $24,000,000 trying to convince people not to develop Pebble. The environmental impact of Pebble would be minimal with the notion that it could damage the fisheries a ridiculous hoax. The economic improvements for Southwest Alaskan communities would be tremendous. Mr. Gillam is the ultimate NIMBY.

Penny Shares Tips
http://pennystockmarket.org

Josiah
http://bold.snn.gr/ultracet/is-ultracet-a-narcotic.html

Richard (Dick0 Vernimen
A a former Assoc. District Manger and District Manager of the Anchorage District or 14 years 1980-1994 I am vry familiar with the Pebble Creek mine area. If I still were in my old position I would proably be fired as I would strongly oppose this stupid purposal. The 1872 mining law must be changed and only citzens of the USA should be allowed of mine on public lands. The same goes for oil and gas.

Chris
In this time is there not sufficient technology to benefit both the environment and people---I know we are all resistant to change but without change how do we improve and prosper. it is my opinion though costly all issues can be delt with and all can benifit from change.

scott markow
i just watched a show on the pursuit channel ,i believe put on by troutunlimited. just a suggestion maybe more petitions or letters for non alaskan residents. i am lookin and emailn everything i can from my little corner. so cal.

Susan Juetten
Curious about "progress" of Pebble Mine. Thank you for sharing your photos.

Sean Best
Bristol Bay is the Yellowstone of Salmon fisheries and we should treat it as such.

namoa
hello everybody

Dale Toussaint
My wife's granduncle was a hunting guide in the Anchorage area from the thirties to the early sixties. I have his slides, which include a salmon cannery called the Diamond J on the Kvichak River. Many more slides were not identified, so I'm largely in the dark. Your photographs are beautiful and the country looks to be still unspoiled.

Elise
http://heraza.jislaaik.com/oxycodone/oxycodone-prices.html

Nick Cassidy
I just got back from fishing the Koktuli River for a week. It is truly one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen and I can't imagine what would happen to it if Pebble Mine goes through.

Seth Anderson - www.lokigear.com
http://www.lokigear.com

Karen Quiros
Stop Pebble Mine!

Michelle Britton
It is SO beautiful there and one day i hope to at least see it in person. EVERYONE needs to stop the mining and drilling in ALASKA so the pureity of ALL LIFE can remain as it is and not line someones pocket book!! To anyone that would want to trade my brain tumor for a trip there i will trade you because i can not afford to go see this beautiful land except in pictures. Thank you for posting all these beautiful places that i can only dream of seeing in person one day.Keep safe on all your adventures

Billie
hey wats up im workin on a project wohoo not! lol

Mrs. Norris
ha ha funny pictures, there is more to Alaska than the pictures you took....ha ha those are such silly run down pictures...

mathew W
i like the tast of balls.

Hannah
I just heard about this mine proposal this morning on a local radio station in Portland, Oregon. Needless to say I was devastated by the news and came home to research. My sister, a resident of Juneau, said that the citizens passed it in this last election. Is this true, and can anybody in their right mind let this happen. I need more info. In fact I think the public needs more info. Not just info on how many jobs it may provide (sorry job hunters) but information on the environmental effects that will come if this mine happens. I'm so angry......off to more research. Thank you for your information on this site.

Lee
I like the photos, I like the land, I like the hike but I like the mine better...

Julie Kellogg
I am origionally from SDakota, but have been visiting Aleknagik, in the Wood Tikchik area since 2000. I worked a salmon run, my cousin invited me up and I love the area so much, i come back every year. I would hate to see any of Alaska destroyed. SD is looking at its first oil refinery, they want 10 to 12 million gallons of our water daily. I Have lobbyed for ak on issues involving the Tongass, and Anwr. I would like to know more.

Robin
Amazing journey and photos. Don't know how you put up with your 'squiters for that long though. They look worse than the dreaded midgies in Scotland or black flies in northern Michigan. As for regulations, the U.S. Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), which are supposed to evaluate potential impact on communities, have about as much teeth as the administration gives them. If the state govt supports the mine, chances are it will go ahead. The BLM has a terrible track record of protecting the environment and the National Forest Service has capitulated more and more in recent years. And even when local agents, such as Fish and Wildlife, disagree, they're usually ignored - or fired. There is nothing I know of to keep a mining operation from walking away at any point, declaring bankruptcy and leaving cleanup to the state - e.g. ASARCO in AZ. And the Superfund is terribly underfunded and unable to deal with the backlog it now has. And there is no way on God's green earth that an operation of this scale can prevent accidents, tailings pollution and contamination of ground water. To stop this is an uphill battle, but keep it up! Of course, with a governor who doesn't believe global warming is man made and polar bears aren't endangered, you've got your work cut out for you. (Wonder what her dad, the science teacher, thinks.) Having your gov nominated for VP may help you though because it has drawn national attention to AK.

John
http://www.ftknox.info/Photos_and_Videos.php

Kevin Paulson
http://www.huntinglife.com/blog/detail/huntinglife-and-sportsmans-alliance-for-alaska-team-up-for-conservation

Kathy Bartlum-David
Love the photos!

Regina Wright
When is it ever going to be enough!!! Money and greed with no regard to the damage that this mine would do to the wildlife in that area is todays mindset of large corporations. All of the money that would be generated from this mine is just not worth it. Whoever is in charge trying to push this through, ask yourself that simple question, when is it going to be enough? Leave it be, for your children, and your grandchildren, and generations to come, for the love of God.

Connie
http://www.ultralightbackpackingonline.info

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Mark Christiansen
http://www.troutbumflyfishingco.com

Bernita Woods
Just look what they have done with Red Dog Mine. Biggest EPA problems. They will destroy our area.

Charlie Crouch
We have got to stop this mine everybody. The money no matter how much is not worth the gauranteed environmental damage.

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John Rust
http://wildlifesightings.org

Bill Steele
What a wonderful adventure,. Trek on-

ken
I'll probably never get to Alaska, but O would like to think we could preserve the wilderness for future generations. The problem is that MONEY controls the world and there is a lot of un-tapped riches in Alaska...and probably Canada. Good Luck !

sigrid
Brian is a Miner.

Dio
the pebble mine is a bad idea. sounds like a couple of greedy Canadians trying to steal and kill our resources.

d funk
Thanks for putting all of this information togeteher.Jobs ? How many,for how long at what cost ? And after the mine ? I'm one who would "benefit" from a full-time year-round ob with health insurance,a rare thing in smalltown AK.We need to find another way,non-destructive jobs.

Brian
I would like everyone to know that that they should get the right info before running with somthing like this..The EPA will not allow any mine to build in a area that will impact the env. The feds monitor mines harder than any other companies. If you are so against mining then don't drive a car or have anything metal or plastic or computers. By the way fiber optics have gold conectors.IF IT IS NOT GROWN IT IS MINED. Let go of the way it used to be before all the regulations and wake up to how it is ran now.

Owen
I have worked up in Bristol Bay before and seen the huge thriving fishing industry. Great work I hope this educates millions of people. I totaly support what you guys are doing. keep up the awsome work.

breanna
this website is really good. the interactive map makes you feel as if you are actually on the journey!

Jennifer Hooper
I worked many summers on the Nush and have seen the beauty and abundance of the region. I have also returned to see my four-wheeler tracks imprinted in the tundra a year later. This is a fragile and complex environment, and any sort of mitigation proposed by the mine is not only short sighted, but ultimately unattainable. SW AK has RENEWABLE resource - salmon. My friends in AK are shocked at the prices of Bristol Bay sockeye in Washington, but people are willing to pay it. There are not many sustainable, wild fishery systems left, and it would be a shame to sacrifice an entire ecosystem and a indefinitely renewable resource to put rings on fingers. Wild salmon, marketed for what it is worth, is the way to move forward. FISH PICKER,NOT A GOLD DIGGER

John Scott
http://www.ftknox.info/

no pebble
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Peachie Savok
Keep up the good work, make it happen. Jobs for poeple.

Jessica
I wanted to thank you for taking the time to put together such a comprehensive website.

Bill Erickson
“Seems like we could be better at separating good from evil To build a mine where once there stretched endless tundra is not to solve a problem but to create a more complex one. Benign in intention, practical in judgment, efficient in technique, the land will be razed, and big corporate money has intruded once again with little regard to customs and lifestyle of our Native Alaskans. A group that coexisted with caribou, moose and fish for hundreds of years, and that in its own ways played an important role in the dynamic mosaic of Bristol Bay, will not only compromise its subsistence lifestyle but give up its pride and heritage as well. It does little good for the village elders to bemoan the politic of civilization, which seems to have a monopoly of triumphs. Those sudden chances and slow surrender are the most telling barometer of their steady decline. The greatest challenge facing the people of Bristol Bay is the challenge of distinguishing reality from propaganda and false promises from the truth. It seems that we may be the only species that has so many opportunities to choose between good and evil, and the only one that chooses so badly.” Eberhard Brunner

don rickard
It seems that blowing up refineries and killing people, destroying pipelines, contaminating lands, and spilling oil in the oceans would be a desire of a terrorist, which we continue to encourage from entities that do not even have a stake in the preservation of this country. ---------Don Rickard--------

Dee Longenbaugh
http://www.observatorybooks.com

no pebble don rickard
we made the mistake with BP blowing up refineries and corroding pipelines and spilling our oil on the ground and now we are going to permit other outsiders to do the same in the hazardous materials mining sector?

Courtney B.
Gold, contrary to what seems to tossed around very cavalierly when referring to this site, is not a vital "natural resource." It's a commodity, and it's applications, other than as currency, are remarkably limited. Selling your soul for a yellow rock is reprehensible, and in the grand scheme of things disastrously short sited. The ramifications of this mine extend far beyond it's local region. Each trip I take to Alaska creates revenue not only in the immediate area that I visit, but to Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Cordova,... If a true economic analysis were to account for all beneficiaries of those visiting Bristol Bay, it's impact would quickly begin to level the disparity between $100 billion in gold versus $600 million in salmon fishing. This is of course a small factor anyway, when one considers the loss of wildlife, and impact on the native peoples that have subsisted here for thousands of years. Places that are truly wild, are rare enough, and rapidly vanishing. Why put your foot on the accelerator for the destuction of Bristol Bay? Great site Erin, keep it up.

Luke Cottam
I have worked with the fish processing industry for several years and know of the importance of this industry in the Bristol Bay area. This has been a part of my life in the last several years and I hope to continue to make it so! Thank you for your support. This is important to me.

Eric Forrer
Welcome new mines everywhere, just as soon as the mining industry pays for and cleans up every abandoned mine and all consequent dammage worldwide

Everett Leroy Thompson
I live here in Bristol Bay, I have grown up commercial and subsistance fishing, plus hunting and some gathering. It defines a big part of me. It seems to me the ones that are for this Mine want, what it has to offer now, economic opportunity. For me as a commercial fisher and subsistance user, theres a chance it can do just the opposite for me. Morally, I think this is the wrong direction to go in my area. We can harvest a renewable resource, for as long as God permits. As Native People here, this land has provided for us for over 6,000 years. I know that we have a great backyard out there. I hope we can subsist here for the next 6,000 years. Finding Gold here is like finding a pimple on Bristol Bay's Ass, we don't really want it here. Right now the whole body of Bristol Bay is so nice!

John Hathaway
I love your pictures, and Alaska Ihave a 2AC. lot just below the sallows bank on island below the Kowwok If you ever need a camp let me know.Save the NUSHIGAK John.

Frank Waldron
thanks for the great slideshow and your efforts to get the word out about what is at risk if pebble mine is developed.