The Battle Over Pebble Mine in Alaskas Bristol Bay Region (full documentary), FRONTLINE

Following the EPAs January 2023 determination, revisit FRONTLINEs look at a battle between those in Alaska who depend on Bristol Bays salmon fishery for a living and supporters of a proposed mine at the bays headwaters to extract mineral wealth. (Aired 2012) This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. Its also home to enormous deposits of copper, gold and molybdenum that have been estimated to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Alaska Gold delved into the complex fight over Pebble mine, including what happened when a group of Alaska Native tribes and commercial fishermen in Alaska petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to intervene. This I believe this will be the biggest environmental fight of this century for Alaska, former Alaska State Senator Rick Halford, a Pebble mine oppon