Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a gorgeous wilderness in Southwest Alaska with 123 miles of coast along Cook Inlet between Chinitna and Tuxedni bays. It is full of diverse and stunning scenery of volcanoes, mountains, waterfalls and it is abundant with wildlife like salmon, bears, and endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales. It is also on traditional Dena’ina homeland. Many Alaskans rely on the lands and water of Lake Clark National Park for culture, tourism, and connecting with our abundant wildlife. Ask anyone who has been to Lake Clark, it has some of the best bear viewing in the world.
Right now, the National Park Service is considering allowing a gold mine to move forward that would abut the park and include a haul road and port facility on parklands. It would irreparably harm the lands, water, and wildlife of the park. Cook Inlet Regional Corporation (CIRI) is working with a gold mining corporation to request easements from the National Park Service that would allow them to develop and operate the mine. In addition to the obvious harm that comes to lands from mining operations and pollution, the mined material would also then need to be transferred out of the park, likely through critical habitat for Cook Inlet Belugas.
Send the National Park Service a message to protect this area from pollution from the proposed gold mine!
