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Small Native Alaskan corporation agrees to protect much of its land in perpetuity, dealing another blow to Pebble Mine project wapo.st/3g4uuyY
The deal will make it difficult for backers of a massive open-pit gold and copper mine to carry out their project because the new protections cover a portion of a critical route the Pebble Limited Partnership planned to use to transport ore from the mine. wapo.st/3v5qbb7
The fate of Bristol Bay, its multibillion-dollar commercial fishing and tourism industry and the indigenous people who live there has been contested for more than a decade wapo.st/3ctmK7L Image
The Alaska Natives around Iliamna Lake have long relied on subsistence hunting and fishing, including for moose, seals, trout and salmon. There are also fishing lodges on the lake that attract anglers from around the world wapo.st/3ctmK7L

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