Mining has a place, but not on a fish stream

Dale Kelley, Executive Director of the Alaska Trollers Association, expressed her concern about mines being developed upstream of the Stikine River. She said: “We are not against mining, but mining does not belong in all places, and certainly not huge scale mines on top of valuable salmon resources that both nations (Canada and America) share. The Mount Polley Mine disaster in British Columbia 2014 should be sufficient warning for us in the Chilkat Valley. The…