From: Meghan Barker and Trout Unlimited’s Save Bristol Bay group
Dear Bristol Bay advocates,
We understand it’s been a hectic summertime- if you resemble us, your days have actually been filled with fishing and absorbing that warmer weather condition. Today we remain in the last 2 weeks of the remark duration to inform EPA that we support Tidy Water Act safeguards for Bristol Bay, and we require your assistance. Submit a comment here.
Why do we desire EPA to complete these Tidy Water Act safeguards? We’ve got just a few reasons why:
Regional individuals desire these defenses, and have actually been requesting for them for well over a years. Over 90% of testifiers at local hearings previously this summertime spoke out in assistance of these defenses for their lands and waters.
The Bristol Bay sockeye salmon run broke the all-time record this season at 78.4 million fish. Bristol Bay is unique, and able to support countless fish since of tidy water and healthy environment.
Pebble isn’t gone yet. The Pebble Limited Collaboration may have stopped working to get its essential federal authorization in 2020, however it’s promising to progress through an appeal procedure. Most just recently, the job got a $60 million financial investment from an unnamed financier. We are viewing them carefully, however Pebble is still a danger and will be till we have irreversible defenses for the area.
Bottom line, we require to be loud in informing the EPA that we support Tidy Water Act safeguards for Bristol Bay. Please submit a comment today– I have actually made it so that it takes less than one minute!
Thank you for your assistance for Bristol Bay!
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