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Alaska voters weighing in: salmon vs. gold
Voters in rural Alaska weighing in on initiative that pits salmon against vast mineral mine
Becky Bohrer, Associated Press,
On Sunday October 2, 2011, 11:02 am
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- The battle over a copper and gold mine near one of the world's premiere fisheries is headed to the ballot.
The vote has turned a normally sleepy local election into a national environmental debate.
Voters in southwest Alaska's Lake and Peninsula Borough are deciding whether to ban large-scale resource extraction activity, including mining, that would destroy or degrade salmon habitat. The measure is aimed at Pebble Mine, the world-class gold-and-copper prospect near the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
The debate surrounding Pebble has attracted the attention of chefs, Robert Redford and big-name jewelers who have vowed not to sell any gold coming from the project
But Tuesday's vote will almost certainly not be the last word on how -- or whether -- the mine gets built.
