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By Jim Reardon Some folks from Texas want to strip-mine the Chuitna River watershed on the west side of Cook Inlet so they can send coal to China.  To get to the coal, they want to destroy 11 miles of Middle Creek, a beautiful stream that is home to several species of wild Alaskan salmon. [...]

State Refuses to Protect Waters Needed to Support Salmon ANCHORAGE, AK – Foot-dragging by the Parnell Administration has forced Alaskan citizen groups to challenge the State’s refusal to protect the waters that support wild Alaskan salmon. The groups, the Chuitna Citizens Coalition and Cook Inletkeeper, filed suit recently in state court to press the Parnell [...]

• Tried it: Citizens’ initiatives, petitions and testimony found deaf ear; what’s next? By Naomi Klouda From the Homer Tribune When Gov. Sean Parnell’s administration concluded that PacRim Coal’s proposed mine through 11 miles of salmon stream is not unsuitable, those who fought to protect the river were only temporarily stunned. “This is just a [...]