An effort involving an Alaska Native corporation and land conservation groups will permanently protect 44,000 acres in Southwest Alaska and block a key transportation route to the embattled Pebble mine project, the groups announced.
Mike Heatwole, a spokesman with Pebble Limited, said Pedro Bay Corp.’s actions are within its rights.
No matter what EPA decides, the conservation easement will prevent construction of an industrial road proposed north of the lake in perpetuity, Troll said. The conservation easements don’t allow right-of-way agreements for an industrial road, the conservation groups said in a prepared statement.Pebble has proposed other routes to the mine, but the northern route was chosen as the project’s preferred option because it was considered safer for the environment.
Much of the funding for the purchase was provided by the Alaska Venture Fund and Patagonia’s Holdfast Collective, the statement said. The money was raised over 18 months and included other donors, the statement said.
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