The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2021 preseason forecast predicts that both rivers will be far below their escapement goals. That means more restrictions for gillnet and troll fleets targeting sockeye and king salmon in Southeast Alaska.
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Creditors in Toronto are holding up cleanup of Canada’s Tulsequah Chief Mine upstream from Taku Inlet. A hearing in a bankruptcy court in Toronto could break the impasse.
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The company trying to reopen the controversial Tulsequah Chief Mine, upstream from Juneau, is being taken over by an investor. An environmental cleanup may be left to the British Columbia government.
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Developers of a mine on a Taku River tributary have stopped work after an on-site protest by a British Columbia tribal government. The Taku enters the ocean near Juneau.
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Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott met with top officials from British Columbia’s mines and environment agencies as part of Mining Week in the Canadian province.
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