fisheries. after his meeting dunleavy said this about the president. he believes in the opportunities in alaska and he ll do everything he can to work with us on our mining concerns. reporter: inside epa sources tell us the very next day, june 27th, top epa executives told the staff the epa was removing a special protection for bristol bay and in essence clearing the way for what could be one of the largest open pit mines in the world. that internal announcement was a total shock to top epa scientists, sources told copacabana beach, because their environmental concerns were overruled by trump poe rlitical appoint tees. bristol bay and the tributaries are regarded as one of the most important salmon fisheries. it s been row tekted since 2014 when after three years of study