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The surrounding steep mountainsides, forests, and wild river valleys of the Chilkat River Watershed make it a spectacularly beautiful place.
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Press Release May 13, 2019

Chilkat Indian Village and Conservation Groups Appeal Chilkat River Mine Ruling

Groups argue that U.S. Bureau of Land Management must consider future impacts of mining before approving advanced hardrock exploration

A bald eagle lands in the snow at the edge of the Chilkat River, near Haines, Alaska. In this area is the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, where thousands of bald eagles gather to feast on the last runs of coho and chum salmon—a globally unique phenomenon. The area is threatened by a proposed hardrock mine. Earthjustice is representing a native tribal council and conservation groups to stop the mine.
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case December 4, 2017

Defending The Chilkat River Watershed

The Chilkat River—“Jilkaat Heeni” in the Tlingit language, meaning “storage container for salmon”—runs from its headwaters in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, into the sea near Haines, Alaska. The watershed, which includes the Klehini River, provides spawning grounds for all five species of Pacific salmon, as well as anadromous eulachon and trout. The…

Document December 4, 2017