Pebble Watch
- Pebble Watch Reference Guide
- Pebble Watch: User’s Guide (multimedia)(PDF)
- Newsletters
- Pebble Timeline of events
US EPA
404(c)
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- About Clean Water Act Section 404(c): “Veto Authority”
- Pebble Watch Guide to the EPA and Bristol Bay: Read online • Download PDF
- Pebble Watch Guide to the 404(c) process
EPA correspondence
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- Letter announcing 404(c) action
- Notification of extension: Response to State of Alaska • Response to Pebble Limited Partnership
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Watershed Assessment
Pebble Watch Watershed Assessment Summaries
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- Summary of Jan 2014 Final Assessment – includes information on 404(c)
- Summary of May 2012 Draft Assessment
- Summary of April 2013 Draft Assessment
Pebble deposit
- PDF Map of land ownership in proposed Pebble Mine area
- PDF Map of water bodies in proposed Pebble Mine area
- Proposed Pebble project – Google Map of Bristol Bay and Pebble project area
- Alaska Department of Natural Resources “Pebble Project” page
Pebble Limited Partnership
- Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
- Pebble Limited Partnership
- Preliminary Assessment of the Pebble Project Overview, PDF (32 MG)
Environmental Studies
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- Pebble Environmental Baseline Document (published January 2012)
- Pebble Environmental Data Releases (published previous to Environmental Baseline Document)
- Pebble Environmental Baseline Document (published January 2012)
Keystone Center science panels
Note: In 2007, Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) contracted the non-profit Keystone Center to “conduct and independent stakeholder assessment dialogue feasibility study and, if feasible and desirable, design an independent stakeholders dialogue process to address issues raised in the assessment.” The Keystone Center conducted the assessment. It also facilitated science panels that brought together independent scientists to review baseline environmental studies conducted by PLP and its contracted scientists. When Anglo American divested from the project in 2013, the contract with Keystone was not renewed. Since that time, the Keystone Center has changed its mission and no longer retains documentation of its role in the Pebble mine dialogue at its website. Pebble Watch covered some of the science panels in detail, and some videos of the panels still reside on YouTube. For readers interested in the baseline science published by PLP and reviews by independent scientists, these panels provide a wealth of information.
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- Pebble Stakeholder Assessment and Dialogue Feasibility Study (2008)
- Purpose of Independent Science Panels (2012)
- Live webcast of science panels (October 2-4, October 9-11)
- Bios of panelists
- Science Advisory Committee
- for Geology and Geochemistry & Hydrology and Water Quality science panels- (October 2-4, 2012)
- for Fish, Wildlife and Habitat science panel (October 9-10, 2012) – (no longer available)
- for Socioeconomic and Cultural Dimensions science panel – (October 10-11, 2012) (no longer available)
- Research and critiques by scientists not affiliated with Pebble Limited Partnership (no longer available.)
- What is the Keystone Center? Why is it involved with the proposed Pebble mine? Read its FAQ. (no longer available)
- Pebble Watch Q&A with Keystone Center senior associate Todd Bryan
Permitting
Public Input
- Find an Alaska State legislative office near you.
- Alaska State Public Opinion Message System
- Alaska Governor Bill Walker
Alaska Congressional Staff
Agencies
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Industry
Media
Legislation
State of Alaska “Bristol Bay Forever” public initiative, passed November 2014
Educational Resources
Fish
- Population diversity and the portfolio effect in an exploited species, June 2010 Nature magazine article
- An Overview of the Subsistence Fisheries of the Bristol Bay Management Area, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Economic Importance of the Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery (ISER, 2013)
- Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Coloring Book, printed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Watersheds
- University of Alaska Water Quality Monitoring Field Guide, with resources for elementary and high school educators on conducting stream habitat walks and making qualitative and quantitative observations
- Free online course on watersheds and weather, developed by MetEd, a program of the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- USGS Science in Your Watershed, with mapping features and scientific data to help you understand your local watershed
- State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game educational resources on watersheds, including brochure, poster and PowerPoint.
- USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Research Projects page: “Watershed Contamination from Hard Rock Mining.” Describes research projects and resources related to watersheds affected by mining.
Research
- Responsible Conduct of Research: Six free online courses from Columbia University on topics such as “Conflicts of Interest,” “Responsible Authorship and Peer Review,” and “Collaborative Science.”
Pebble Watch newsletter extras
- The Economic Impacts of Alaska’s Mining Industry, January 2012
- Fraser Institute Mining Survey 2011/2012
- “The Storm,” a poem by Alaskan Nora Marks Dauenhauer was reprinted with permission of the University of Arizona Press for the March 2012 issue of the Pebble Watch newsletter.
Links Policy
Pebble Watch, a project of Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC), provides off-site links, at its discretion, solely as an educational and informational service for Pebble Watch readers. A link from the BBNC Pebble Watch site does not constitute endorsement or approval of any organization, program, or point of view, and BBNC and Pebble Watch are not responsible for the content of individual organization Web pages found at such links.