Taku Trails 3

Here is the latest edition of Taku Trails. The transboundary region has been a hot topic recently, and most significantly, the public comment period for the proposed New Polaris gold mine in the Taku watershed is now open. Current estimates call for approximately 225 barge/landing craft round-trips during the three-year construction phase, all of which to happen June - September, with over 3,000 flights in and out of Juneau annually. Plans include underground mining, ore processing facilities, fuel and waste rock storage, and construction of a mile-long airstrip in Flannigan Slough, one of the Taku’s most fragile, culturally significant, and important salmon habitats. Please submit a comment here.