Alaska state lawmakers are joining tribal and state governments in calling on the federal government to stop — at least temporarily — British Columbia’s mining activities in transboundary watersheds.
A man stands in front of acid mine drainage from British Columbia’s Tulsequah Chief Mine, which has been leaching acid mine drainage into the transboundary Taku River since it was abandoned in 1957.
Ortiz said he and fellow lawmakers stand with the regional tribal government The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, environmental group Salmon Beyond Borders and dozens of municipal There’s already a Memorandum of Understanding between the state of Alaska and the provincial government of British Columbia to work together to monitor and protect transboundary watersheds, but it’s proved unhelpful in including downstream communities and tribes in the mine permitting process.
Plus, Hannan added, there needs to be better communication with Alaskans. While she’s been told state officials with the Department of Environmental Conservation are meeting regularly with B.C. officials, “they’ve not invited our tribes to the table, they’ve not included us in the dialogues, they’ve not shared the minutes of their meetings publicly.
“Central Council of Tlingit and Haida is divided by this border,” he said. “We have Lingít in the interior, in the Yukon; we have Taku River Lingíts. We have Haida in Haida Gwaii in B.C. We are a nation divided by somebody else’s lines. And we should have a voice. We should be the ones being consulted and considered when we talk about the impacts of mines.”
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