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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 [...]

Governor Parnell and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources have dismissed a petition filed by the Chuitna Citizens Coalition that would have prevented the destruction of 11 miles of wild salmon stream on the west side of Upper Cook Inlet. The petition was filed in response to the proposed Chuitna Coal Strip Mine, which would [...]