The Pebble Mine is a proposed project by a multi-national conglomerate that wants to mine gold and copper from the head of Bristol Bay, Alaska. If built, the Pebble Mine would be the largest open pit mine in North America and would leave behind a mile-wide hole along with tons of toxic waste. This is bad enough, but the placement of the mine is even worse. They want to put this mine at the headwaters of the two richest Sockeye Salmon runs in the world.
The mine will be exhausted in fifty years leaving behind toxic waste that, if not contained properly, could easily destroy not only the salmon runs but many other species (such as Beluga whales) that live in the nearby Cook Inlet. To compound the ridiculousness of this proposed mine, the mine site is not only in the midst of an extraordinarily rich ecosystem, it is also in an extremely seismically active region (the Pacific Rim of Fire) so any containment of the planned toxic wastes would almost certainly be temporary in nature.
If you enjoy eating good wild salmon or just care about the often unnecessary destruction of our natural world please go to this website, learn more about the Pebble Mine and write a letter condemning the mine.
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