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Act Now to Save Bristol Bay

Aerial view of the Talarik River and its tributaries which form the Bristol Bay watershed. © Bridget Besaw

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The planet's last best wild salmon stronghold needs your help. Alaska's magnificent Bristol Bay remains home to more wild salmon than anywhere else. Yet these lands and waters are constantly under looming threat of development for the gold and copper that lies underneath.

As soon as the most recent mining threat was defeated in 2023, challenges followed. And so did new permit applications for more mines.

That's why the region's Indigenous communities and residents are calling for federal legislation to permanently protect Bristol Bay — and The Nature Conservancy is standing with them all the way!

Mining development here would damage thousands of acres of wetlands and miles of critical salmon streams, devastating a globally important fishery that Indigenous communities have relied on for thousands of years. We can't let this natural treasure be lost.

Speak up now! Sign this action alert and add your name to the list of supporters we'll bring to Congress to call for legislation permanently protecting this special place.

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Add my name to protect Bristol Bay

I stand with Indigenous leaders and their supporters to call for legislation permanently protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska.

Bristol Bay is home to a world-class, certified-sustainable wild salmon fishery and has nourished the region's predominantly Indigenous communities for thousands of years. Yet the region faces constant threats of proposed destructive mining for one of the planet's largest deposits of gold, copper and other minerals.

I strongly support permanent protections for the Bristol Bay watershed and ask The Nature Conservancy to add my name to the list of supporters for urgently-needed legislation.

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