“The scientists who completed the analyses concluded that PacRim’s plan to strip-mine for coal directly through 11 miles of salmon-bearing streams would significantly damage local wetlands and headwater streams in an area 45 miles west of Anchorage. Restoration of the fragile and valuable wetlands and streams that feed the salmon-rich Chuit River would be virtually impossible, they determined.”
These projects have no doubt been on the drawing boards for sometime. Clinton, Bush, Obama. Does it matter anymore? The power of the world economic order appears to supersede any Governor, Sec. of Interior and President? This China connection is our looming demise.
SwittersB & Exploring 
What I have to say about the Chuit River Coal mine is that it is wrong. Im from Tyonek Alaska.Yes people will have more jobs.Thats NOTHING compared to the history of the land. I love Tyonek. I would REALLY want the people that are FOR The Coal Mine to think what if it was your culture going out the door. That is if you even have a culture. The people of Tyonek will be the first to get sick and may even die of all the chemicals from the coal mine.The people that might work there I could care less because it will be there choice to work at a STUPID COAL MINE. I have the right to say what I want to say is a free country. I love TYONEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I was so ignorant when I was younger. I have grown, and I don’t talk like that anymore, and I am so sorry for everyone that ever had to read my old opinion on the pebble mine.
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