New federal mining claims threaten 1 million acres of prime wolf, bear and salmon habitat adjacent to Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks.
Closed to mining since 1971, these wild Alaska lands are integral to Bristol Bay's salmon-rich ecosystem. A recommendation from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to lift this mineral closure and expand a modern day gold rush was issued in the last days of the Bush Administration, and we need your help today to send this bad idea back to the drawing board.
Tell Secretary Ken Salazar that you do not want to see these lands opened to mining! Instead, the BLM should evaluate permanent protections for these lands for the sake of Bristol Bay's clean waters and cultural traditions.
We took action on “Mining Plan Threatens Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks”!
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If we don't evolve and get better than we used to be, we will eventually extinct ourselves along with all the other species we turn a blind eye to!!!
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