Drill rig hose dumping grey slurry into the tundra,
Pebble East. June, 2006
These pictures were all taken in
June of this year (2006) by Erin McKittrick
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Drill rig being set up at Pebble East; and, Oily
mess left behind at an old drill rig site, Pebble
East.
 ........
Close up of oily mess; and, drill rig hose crossing
tundra killed by leaky hose.
  
Drill rig hose dumping grey slurry into the tundra,
Pebble East.
Blast crater in the tundra, tailings lake area.
Drill rig hose dumping grey slurry into the tundra,
Pebble East.
"Northern Dynasty will [a]pply
the highest quality environmental management standards
to all study,
development, construction and operational activities."
Source: http://www.ndmpebblemine.com/responsible_mining/corporate_policy
Apparently what they "say"
and what they "do" are two different things.
AND
Just so you remember what clean
water in the Upper Talarik Creek and Koktuli River
looks like
before such pollution gets to them, see below:
Upper Talarik Creek - June, 2006
Koktuli River at the outlet of Frying Pan Lake -
June, 2006
*Note: All photos courtesy of Erin McKittrick
Amazing
2006 Journey on Troubled Waters
Photo story of Erin McKittrick about her 450 mile
trek along waters endangered by the Pebble Mine.
As Erin states on her website "The Pebble
Mine project is a controversial proposal by Northern
Dynasty Minerals to build one of the largest gold
and copper mines in the world, in southwest Alaska,
near Lake Iliamna. Northern Dynasty has not yet
applied for permits. Their current proposal involves
both a large open pit and an underground mine, as
well as removal of the water from the headwaters
of Upper Talarik Creek and the Koktuli River (important
fish habitats). The site sits at the headwaters
of two major Bristol Bay drainages (Nushagak and
Kvichak), and potentially poses a large threat to
the region's salmon. This proposal has become a
major political issue in Alaska, pitting pro-mining
forces against local native villages and commercial
and sport fishermen."
For the Full Story
of an Amazing Journey on Troubled Waters by Erin
McKittrick see
http://www.aktrekking.com/pebble/WatershedsTrekStory.html and for a complete set of Pebble
mine site photos taken in 2006, click here.
And, for some of
the best photographs of the Bristol Bay watershed
see
http://www.aktrekking.com/pebble/index.html ; and for an interactive
map of her trip and to see exactly where each photograph
was taken, click here.
Route of the "Amazing Journey"
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