ACWA and local conservation groups continued throughout the year to work with the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan in opposing the Palmer Project, the copper-zinc mining development in the upper Chilkat Valley. The exploratory effort…
Chilkat/Klehini Rivers Added to the “Most Endangered Rivers” in America List
ACWA, Rivers Without Borders, and LCC Complaint - PRESS RELEASE
Three Alaska conservation organizations filed a complaint this week with securities regulators in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia alleging statements from Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. (CMR) in regard to its Palmer project, located on a tributary of the Chilkat River near Haines, Alaska and the Tlingit village of Klukwan, are not “full, true and plain” and leave out material information, thus violating securities regulations.
The Guardian Article on the Palmer Project
Curtain Opens on DOWA and the Palmer Project
For more than a decade, Constantine Metals Resources (CMR) has played a public relations game with the communities of Haines and Klukwan, posing as a caring, controlling interest in the proposed copper-zinc mine known as the Palmer Project. The goal was to convince us that the company’s concern for the Chilkat River Watershed and our rivers, fish, eagles, and our way of life would guide the development of the mine and protect everyone’s interests into the distant future.
Kuiper Report on the Palmer Project Preliminary Economic Analysis
SCOTUS Upholds CWA - Palmer Project On Hold
A major win for the Clean Water Act (CWA) at the U.S. Supreme Court for protecting waters in Alaska and the whole nation! By a 6-3 margin, SCOTUS affirmed a 9th Circuit decision in the “Maui” case, which requires a surface water discharge permit when pollutants released into groundwater are likely to contaminate nearby surface waters.
