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August 2011

To help keep readers up-to-date, Pebble Watch offers regular roundups of news articles related to the proposed Pebble Mine. Following are stories that have recently appeared in local and national publications. “Supreme Court allows Pebble initiative onto October ballot” (August 17, 2011 – Anchorage Daily News) A ballot initiative that could sidetrack the giant Pebble … Continued

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August 2011

EPA provides documents detailing watershed assessment progress

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated its web site with several documents related to its ongoing watershed assessment of Bristol Bay. These include a draft watershed assessment outline, presentations and diagrams from the Intergovernmental Team Meetings it held last week. The meetings were held in order to talk with scientists and technical staff … Continued

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August 2011

BBNC Shareholder Informational Meeting

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BBNC Shareholder Informational Meeting in Soldotna, Alaska at the Soldotna Sr. Center at 1 P.M.

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August 2011

BBNC Board of Directors Meeting

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BBNC Board of Directors Meeting – Anchorage, Alaska

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August 2011

Salmonstock (last day)

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Salmonstock August 5, 6, & 7, 2011 Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds Ninilchik The nonprofit Renewable Resources Foundation (RRF) is promoting this three-day music salmon event as a forum for information on Alaska wild salmon resources. (You may know the foundation as the source of those “No Pebble” stickers.) The RRF, an activist nonprofit organization that has … Continued

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August 2011

Salmonstock

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Salmonstock August 5, 6, & 7, 2011 Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds Ninilchik The nonprofit Renewable Resources Foundation (RRF) is promoting this three-day music salmon event as a forum for information on Alaska wild salmon resources. (You may know the foundation as the source of those “No Pebble” stickers.) The RRF, an activist nonprofit organization that has … Continued

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August 2011

Salmonstock

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Salmonstock August 5, 6, & 7, 2011 Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds Ninilchik The nonprofit Renewable Resources Foundation (RRF) is promoting this three-day music salmon event as a forum for information on Alaska wild salmon resources. (You may know the foundation as the source of those “No Pebble” stickers.) The RRF, an activist nonprofit organization that has … Continued

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August 2011

July newsletter now online

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The July issue of the Pebble Watch newsletter is in shareholders’ mailboxes, and is available for download in the Newsletters section of our website now. This issue’s focus is watersheds, as well as information about the process and issues involved in the ongoing U.S. EPA Bristol Bay watershed assessment. Find tips on how to become more informed and involved, and read about EPA’s … Continued

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August 2011

Legal battle continues in “Save Our Salmon” initiative

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The Pebble Partnership LLC filed an emergency petition last week asking the Alaska Superior Court to resolve challenges it has made regarding the “Save Our Salmon” initiative in the Lake and Peninsula Borough. In April, a petition signed by more than 300 citizens placed the initiative, popularly known as “Save Our Salmon,” on the October ballot. This … Continued

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July 2011

EPA representatives share impressions of Bristol Bay visit

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The blog Greenversations has posted first-hand accounts of visits to the Bristol Bay region by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials Dennis McLerran and Nancy Stoner (pictured in New Stuyahok, at right), part of the watershed assessment team that came to the region in early June. McLerran, EPA’s Pacific Northwest Regional Administrator, called the trip “extremely … Continued