Committee advances amended permitting bill - Anchorage Daily News

4.8.13

By Becky Bohrer Anchorage Daily News April 8, 2013 -- JUNEAU, ALASKA — A Golovin senator questioned the judgment of the Senate Finance Committee co-chair in advancing an amended version of a state permitting bill.  Sen. Donny Olson suggested co-chair Kevin Meyer's judgment may be "somewhat clouded" by end-of-session pressure to move bills....read more

State revisits local impacts of Bristol Bay management plan -- Alaska Dispatch

4.7.13

By Jim Paulin Dutch Harbor Fisherman/Alaska Dispatch April 7, 2013 -- Forced to review a land management plan by Pebble Mine opponents, the state is traveling around Bristol Bay communities to hear local concerns, according to Department of Natural Resources official Marty Parsons. Mining option for Alaska's White Mountains causes concern...read more

Bristol Bay tourism ideas floated in International Tourism Exchange - The Dutch Harbor Fisherman

4.5.13

By Kat Bernhardt April 5, 2013 -- East Asia met Southwest Alaska when representatives from Japan and Taiwan exchanged gifts with leaders from the Bristol Bay Native Association, the Bristol Bay Borough, and the Bristol Bay Chamber of Commerce last month at the International Tourism Exchange held at the Naknek Native Village Council....read more

Testimony overwhelmingly opposes HB 77 - The Cordova Times

4.3.13

  By: Margaret Bauman April 3, 2013 -- Senate Finance Committee members heard extensive testimony on April 3 on legislation that would eliminate the ability of individuals or organizations to request instream water rights, and agreed to continue committee discussion on April 4....read more

EPA To Release Revised Pebble Mine Watershed Assessment - Alaska Public Radio Network

4.1.13

EPA To Release Revised Pebble Mine Watershed Assessment By: Peter Granitz Alaska Public Radio Network April 1, 2013 -- The EPA is scheduled to release its revised watershed assessment for the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay sometime this spring. Conservation groups are stepping up the lobbying pressure in Washington in anticipation of the ruling....read more