News Roundup: October 2016
October 13, 2016

“Where Water is Gold” Book ReviewAlaska Dispatch News, October 1, 2016

Alaskan author Nancy Lord reviews Carl Johnson’s new photo essay book, Where Water is Gold: Life and Livelihood in Alaska’s Bristol Bay. Johnson’s quest, five years in the making, writes Lord, “ was to explore the Bristol Bay region and present it — both its natural environment and people — as a unique and highly valuable place that needs our concern and protection.

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Northern Dynasty/Pebble Partnership Cap Legal Costs to Conclude Litigation with US EPAJunior Mining Network, September 29, 2016

According to a press release, Northern Dynasty Minerals/Pebble Limited Partnership and its legal representative Steptoe and Johnson LLP, have agreed to cap litigation costs at $1 million, to ensure an outcome in the ongoing legal battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They expect the court to adjudicate the issues by January 2017.

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Read more: “Breaking the impasse,” Petroleum News, October 9, 2016

World Conservation Congress endorses Bristol Bay ProtectionsCordova Times, September 1, 2016

A group of conservationists from around the world voted to call on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to support efforts to prevent large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay watershed. The motion was approved along with 104 other motions related to world-wide conservation efforts.

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Read more: “Conservationists Support Natives in Protection of Bristol Bay,” Indian Country Today, October 6, 2016

Read the motion.