The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. It’s also home to enormous deposits of copper, gold and molybdenum that have been estimated ...

Bristol Bay’s sockeye salmon run totaled 51.6 million fish, more than a third higher than the preseason forecast of 37.9 million fish and about 7% higher than the average over the past 20 years ...

A legislative effort similar to House Bill 233 was mounted on the federal level by former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska. She introduced the Bristol Bay Protection Act a year ago to codifythe ...

After recent years of record or near-record runs and harvests, Bristol Bay sockeye salmon numbers are expected to return to more average levels next year, according to state biologists. The 2024 ...

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision. It might not be the nail in Pebble’s coffin, but today’s decision is a huge win for Bristol Bay and Alaska’s wild ...

The Conservation Fund and the Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust are working to raise $20 million by the end of 2022 to complete the deal. (The Bristol Bay Native Corporation is a partner in the effort.) ...

A proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed was vetoed by the EPA Tuesday, setting up a potential legal battle with the developer and the state. The so-called “final ...

This Sept. 2011 aerial photo provided by the Environmental Protection Agency, shows the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska. Joseph Ebersole/EPA via AP CNN — ...