The Pebble Mine

Photo by Jason Sear, KDLG - Dillingham
Photo by Jason Sear, KDLG – Dillingham

A comment period for the Pebble Mine project ends July 1st. Supporters of the mine say it would bring good jobs to the Bristol Bay region but opponents worry about potential long term effects to the world’s largest wild salmon fishery. We’ll discuss the pebble proposal and take your questions on the next Talk of Alaska.

HOST: Lori Townsend
GUESTS:

  • Tom Collier, CEO, Pebble Limited Partnership
  • Rick Halford, former Alaska State Senator and Pebble opponent

PARTICIPATE:

Call 550-8422 (Anchorage) or 1-800-478-8255 (statewide) during the live broadcast

Send an email to talk@alaskapublic.org (comments may be read on air)

Post your comment before, during or after the live broadcast (comments may be read on air).

LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
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Lori Townsend

Lori Townsend is the chief editor, senior vice president of journalism and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452. Read more about Lori here.

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