Glacier Creek, the tributary facing the potential Palmer Mine, is fed from a glacier. The Chilkat River’s tributaries are surrounded and primarily fed by glaciers. Geologically speaking, glaciers are one of the most powerful erosive forces on the planet, eroding, grinding, and pulverizing rock into fine particles. Glaciers are adding millions of tons of finely ground, unregulated sediment to our creeks and rivers annually.
Included in this landscape is an active fault zone, resulting in…