SalmonBeyondBorders

Thank you @lisamurkowski for your leadership 🙏 🐟 @POTUS, Canada’s at least 30 abandoned, operating & developing gold mines along rivers flowing into Alaska threatens all of us downstream - and further imperils our planet’s future. @IJCsharedwaters

"I originally learned about the transboundary mining issue because I was really fired up about the Pebble Mine issue." —Elsa Sebastian facebook.com/SalmonBeyondBo…

"Commercial fishing is so cool here in Alaska because it’s something that keeps families connected to each other." —Elsa Sebastian facebook.com/SalmonBeyondBo…

"I am so grateful for the way I was raised— we were completely off grid. We didn’t have TV, didn’t have internet, and the bears would chew through the phone cables, so sometimes we didn’t even have a phone." —Elsa Sebastian facebook.com/SalmonBeyondBo…

KSM mine is so big it threatens two major, salmon-producing watersheds. It will require perpetual water treatment and wet tailings storage in the largest permitted waste dam in BC. Read our recommendations on how risks can be reduced for this mega project: buff.ly/3NcNmNb

Read the article here: nytimes.com/2023/07/11/sci…

More than 30 mines are in some stage of development, operation, or abandonment just upstream of Alaska. Some of them are leaching contamination. All have massive mine waste dams. None have consent from those of us who will be impacted downstream.

The New York Times yesterday featured a piece digging into British Columbia mining's impact on the Elk-Kootenai, a transboundary Montana/Idaho river. The situation in the Elk-Kootenai is a story of broken trust and a lack of scientific integrity on the Canadian side of the border

Here's a summary of the mines featured in our new "Dirty Dozen" report, created by @FrancescaFionda @thenarwhalca. The full report is available at buff.ly/3NcNmNb

In this second edition of our "Dirty Dozen" report, we present 12 cases that exemplify the key environmental and social risks facing B.C.’s mining industry. buff.ly/43pnHG3

The government of British Columbia and the mining industry often claim to have the strongest regulatory regime—especially during #MiningMonth. Our new report shows there are serious on-going pollution and other risks that keep B.C. from being that world-class mining jurisdiction.

Read the full statement: peltola.house.gov/news/documents… (3/3)

An International Watershed Board that would involve Tribes, First Nations, and communities and leaders on both sides of the border, through the International Joint Commission (IJC) which prevents and resolves disputes under the U.S.-Canada Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. (2/3)

Rep. Peltola has joined nine Southeast Alaska municipalities and multiple Tribes in calling for meaningful discussions about the future of our shared, transboundary wild salmon rivers (1/3)

AK Indigenous communities rely on 🇺🇸🇨🇦 transboundary rivers. @POTUS and @StateDept must keep pushing Canada to request @IJCsharedwaters investigation, set up Indigenous-led watershed boards, and hold polluters accountable. americanprogress.org/article/u-s-di…

New short film 🌟 🐟 : youtube.com/watch?v=JXp4sb… Stand with Southeast Alaska fishing families against a misguided lawsuit that could shut down trolling: a sustainable, well-managed, small-boat, family-owned, hook-&-line Alaska fishery. @lisamurkowski @DanSullivan_AK @MaryPeltola

Defend the Rivers that Feed Us: salmonbeyondborders.org/take-action.ht…

@Sealaska @RepSaraHannan @RepDanOrtiz @RepHimschoot

“Whatever your political leanings... you should want clean water, you should want systems that support healthy habitat, healthy and strong returns of salmon." - Pres. Peterson, @tlingithaida in this great story from @KSTKradio kstk.org/2023/03/14/sta… #bcpoli #akleg