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Robin Samuelsen still recalls his first meeting about the prospective Pebble Mine. It was around 2005 or 2006, in Dillingham, Alaska. Listening to an early plan for developing a copper and gold mine in the spawning grounds of Bristol Bay’s abundant salmon, this Curyung tribal chief and commercial fisherman quickly made up his mind. “You’ll kill off our salmon,” Samuelsen remembers saying, adding: “I’ll be up there to stop you.”
“You’ll kill off our salmon. I’ll be up there to stop you.”
More than 15 years later, in November 2020, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) denied the Pebble Mine a key permit, a sharp setback for the mine though not the first. Already, the mine’s developer, Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP), has filed an appeal challenging that decision. PLP was joined by the State of Alaska, which, in an unusual move, filed its own appeal. Both appeals are currently under review.
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Robin Samuelsen still recalls his first meeting about the prospective Pebble Mine. It was around 2005 or 2006, in Dillingham, Alaska. Listening to an early plan for developing a copper and gold mine in the spawning grounds of Bristol Bay’s abundant salmon, this Curyung tribal chief and commercial fisherman quickly made up his mind. “You’ll kill off our salmon,” Samuelsen remembers saying, adding: “I’ll be up there to stop you.”
More than 15 years later, in November 2020, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) denied the Pebble Mine a key permit, a sharp setback for the mine though not the first. Already, the mine’s developer, Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP), has filed an appeal challenging that decision. PLP was joined by the State of Alaska, which, in an unusual move, filed its own appeal. Both appeals are currently under review.
Card signs with iRod
California-based rod manufacturer iRod announced that it s signed Bassmaster Elite Series angler Brandon Card to a sponsorship deal. We are stoked to have Brandon on board, said iRod owner Matt Newman. He and I have already started working on his signature rods and we cant wait to get them out. Theres no better feeling than seeing young anglers catch fish on the rods that we build and Brandon will help us expand our reach to student anglers through his annual college and high school event and other promotions.
Said Card: Ive known for a long time that iRod makes high-quality, affordable rods and Im pumped to be partnering with them for the 2021 season and beyond. After putting these rods to the test during the offseason, I was very impressed by iRods sensitivity and strength. Matt is a good dude and a heck of a bass angler and he has all of his rods dialed in. Its gonna be a fun 2021 season fishing and working with iRod.
The Newport Marathon has been pushed back until the autumn
The organisers had been hoping the event could take place in April
12:19, 18 JAN 2021
Runners during the 2018 ABP Newport Wales Marathon (Image: Mark Lewis/Huw Evans Agency)
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