Greatest Wild Salmon Fishery on Earth Threatened by Poisonous Open-Pit Mining!

Greatest Wild Salmon Fishery Threatened by Open-Pit Mining! The hard-rock mining industry is the single largest source of toxic releases, and one of the most destructive industries in America. If built, the proposed Pebble Mine site (photographed above) and moose, brown bear, and caribou that call it home will be devastated. Urge the Bureau of Land Management to Protect Bristol Bay>> Read the Petition Help spread the word Alaska's Bristol Bay supports the largest sockeye salmon population in the world and is rich in wildlife including moose, brown bear and caribou. The surrounding wild lands are beautiful and pristine, which is what makes this area so uncommonly vital to wildlife and a thriving fishing and tourism economy. Tell the Bureau of Land Management to abandon proposals to allow these lands to be strip-mined>> Bristol Bay’s pure, crystalline waters and thriving sea life are supported by a healthy ecosystem of rivers and riparian areas above the bay. In summer, the healthy world-class sockeye salmon population draws foraging brown bears. The area also provides calving grounds and winter range for the Mulchatna caribou herd, and is year-round habitat for moose. Other wildlife include nesting trumpeter swans, beaver, porcupine, otter, fox, and varied waterfowl. But Bristol Bay is threatened by plans for the largest open-pit gold and copper mine in North America, Pebble Mine, to be situated in the Bay's backcountry headwaters. To make matters worse, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to revoke existing protections on another 3.6 million acres of public lands in this watershed, thereby making them available for commercial hard rock mining. This type of mining uses cyanide, sulfuric acid, and other toxic chemicals, poisons that are fatal to juvenile salmon and trout. The development and ensuing toxic waste could be devastating to wildlife and the local fishing and tourism economy. The health of fish, wildlife, and people supported by Bristol Bay is threatened by these dangerous plans. Tell the BLM to abandon plans to open millions of acres in the Bristol Bay Watershed to strip-mining>> http://go.care2.com/e/R3n./BZIH/JXLF Thank you for all you do! Michael Lawley, Care2 and ThePetitionSite team

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