New paper calls for more transparency in mining policy

A new science and policy review calls for more transparency in mining governance to reduce risks to salmon habitat across the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska and British Columbia.

While the paper doesn’t specifically address the Chilkat Valley or the potential impacts or benefits of the Palmer Project — an exploratory mixed-metals mining operation northwest of Haines — it sheds light on limitations in current policy and concludes that greater transparency would help the public predict…