chuitna.org

A study released by the Center for Sustainable Economy concluded the proposed Chuitna coal strip mine could cost Alaska $2 billion over the 25 year life span of the mine. The report calculates Net Public Benefit; the measure of total economic output of a project. Net Public Benefit is calculated by taking the total economic [...]

Forty-one percent of the watershed will be directly impacted from mining and backfilling of the mine. What occurs in these headwaters, wetlands, tundra, and forests is vital to the water quality and the fish downstream.

Chuitna Coal Mine baseline monitoring and restoration plan review Dr. Mark S. Wipfli (profile) 209 Irving I Building Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 99775 PDF of Full Report (143 kb) Executive Summary The development of the Chuitna Coal Mine will lead to unavoidable impacts to the Chuitna system which are [...]