Analysis by Maxine Joselow
with research by Vanessa Montalbano
December 22, 2022 at 7:33 a.m. EST
Exclusive: Alaska Native group finalizes protections for its land, dealing blow to Pebble Mine
An Alaska Native group on Thursday will announce that more than 44,000 acres of land near Bristol Bay, the site of the world’s largest wild salmon fishery, are off limits to future development, according to details shared exclusively with The Climate 202.
The move will make it harder for the developers of the proposed Pebble Mine to build a road across the land, posing another setback for the controversial gold and copper mine that the Environmental Protection Agency is already considering blocking.