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For opponents of the project, the Army Corps’ decision released a wave of relief. For those who backed the project, the decision comes as a harsh blow.

The Marine Mammal Commission estimated that 1,300 belugas were in Cook Inlet in 1972. Now there are fewer than 269 whales left.

Company spokesperson Mike Heatwole confirmed that Pebble set up two camps in mid-July to map wetlands in the Koktuli drainage to meet the Corps’ new mitigation requirement.

Pebble opponents hope the tweets are trial balloons from the White House.

The mine would be built at the headwaters of the Koktuli River drainage, and it would eliminate about 20% of available habitat there, though the Corps says that does not necessarily represent fish habitat.

It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that a federal program to organize clean-up for spills and other pollution was established by congress.

Governor’s office says it’s common practice to get “briefing materials” on particular projects.

In a major development, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Pebble Mine on Wednesday.

The deal with APC is just one of a slew of permissions Pebble Limited Partnership needs to acquire in order to build a mine in the Iliamna Lake region.

The public has 30 days to submit comments on the hefty environmental impact statement for the massive proposed Kuskokwim River area mine.