Trout Unlimited
For Prevention Of Development Of Pebble Mine In Bristol Bay
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/17/2012
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska is home to the largest wild salmon population in the world and supports a thriving fishing industry and centuries-old Native American villages. The proposed Pebble gold mine at the headwaters of Bristol Bay would be the largest open pit mining operation in the world. Heavy metals leaching from the mine would likely cause irreversible damage to the region’s salmon fisheries as well as the economy and way of life dependent on them. This grant would support Trout Unlimited, a national fisheries conservation organization, in its efforts to stop the proposed mine.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.tu.org
Address
1777 North Kent Street, Suite 100, Arlington, VA, 22209-3801, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Trout Unlimited (TU) works to conserve, protect, and restore North America’s cold-water fisheries and their watersheds. Across the American West, TU is working with its partners to co-create policy, restore rivers, and conserve critical habitat. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for general operating support
Trout Unlimited (TU) works to conserve, protect, and restore North America’s cold-water fisheries and their watersheds. Across the American West, TU and its partners are working to restore rivers by removing derelict dams and other barriers to fish passage. The organization also advocates for greater policy protections for public lands and rivers. This is a supplemental general support grant. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections.)
