An Inside Look at the Battle for Bristol Bay with Trout Unlimited's Austin Williams

This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham explore past, present, and future of the Pebble Mine, one of the most important issues of the American Shoreline. Pebble Mine is the common name of a very large porphyry copper, gold, and molybdenum mine development project in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. The federal permit review of the project had been the subject of much anticipation during the Trump Administration, but in a surprise decision the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejected the mine's permit sending the project back to the drawing board. Joining the show is Austin Williams, the Trout Unlimited's Alaska Director of Law and Policy. Austin has worked extensively on the campaign to stave off the development of the mine, which would almost certainly have a negative impact on the sensitive Salmon runs that the region is famous for. We talk strategy, tactics, and how Bristol Bay might be permanently protected in the future. Join us on a trip up to Alaska, only on ASPN!