Print and digital ads running today thank Congresswoman Mary Sattler Peltola (AK) for introducing H.R. 8193, the Bristol Bay Protection Act, and urge Congress to pass legislation to permanently end the threat of the Pebble Mine—a giant proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s greatest wild salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
If passed, the Bristol Bay Protection Act would codify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2023 Clean Water Act veto of the Pebble Mine, which is facing legal challenges from the mine’s developers and the state of Alaska.
Paid for by the Bristol Bay Defense Fund—a broad coalition of local, state, and national groups representing Bristol Bay tribes, commercial fishermen, businesses, and conservation nonprofit organizations—the ads are running in the Anchorage Daily News and Juneau Empire.