dragonrhapsody:

riseagainphoenix:

the-cruelty-of-ravens:

allosauroid:

Bristol Bay, home to half the world’s Sockeye salmon population, is about to be destroyed.

“For more than 15 years, Northern Dynasty
Minerals, a Canadian mining company, has sought to build a gold and
copper mine in Bristol Bay. And this spring, the Trump administration
took swift action to make that prospect more likely. Environmental
Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt met on May 1 with the CEO of the
Pebble Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of the mining company, CNN reported on September 22
based on interviews and government emails. Little more than an hour
later, according to internal emails, the administrator directed his
staff to reverse Obama-era protections for Bristol Bay, which had been
created after years of scientific review. Based on that work, the
previous administration had aimed to pre-emptively veto certain mining
activities in the ecologically important region.” (Src)

If this mine goes through: Thousands of jobs will be lost, an entire ecosystem will be destroyed and the world’s Sockeye salmon population will be decimated.

We have til October 17th to let the EPA know this decision is wrong.

You can also help by sharing this post and telling others that this is happening, awareness is key!

@allthecanadianpolitics

Just raising awareness won’t be enough to change anything, so here is a handy form letter you can copy (and change a few words on to make it look less “form”). Just paste this baby into the link to the EPA docket above and you will have done your part!!!

Dear Administrator,

I’m writing in reference to Docket # EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0276. Please prohibit the disposal of mine waste in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. The proposed Pebble Mine presents a long-term risk to the sustainability of this important fishery, and all the people and businesses that rely on it. In 2010, Bristol Bay salmon fishermen harvested 29 million sockeye salmon worth $165 million in direct harvest value alone. That represented 31% of the total Alaska salmon harvest value.

Many families rely on wild salmon as a uniquely nutritious source of protein, rich in essential omega-3 fats and vitamin D. Farmed salmon is not nutritionally identical (much lower in vitamin D, much higher in saturated fats and pro-inflammatory omega-6 fats) and poses its own environmental risks. I urge the EPA to take immediate action to use existing provisions of the Clean Water Act to protect this large and irreplaceable wild salmon fishery.

Sincerely, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS

Please! If you are a Canadian resident,please take 5 minutes and send an email. It will help save our sockeye salmon habitat!