Happy New Year from those of us at RWB. We hope you enjoy Taku Trails Issue 2.

Taku Trails is a platform meant to connect the diverse community bound together by our shared love for the Taku watershed—those who care about, depend on, and find joy in this place. That includes First Nations, Tribes, commercial fishermen, sport fishermen, cabin owners, hunters, conservation organizations, elected officials, Juneau residents, and all lovers of wild places. Although the Taku remains one of the few fully intact and thriving watersheds on the planet, it bears a lasting scar:...

Senator Lisa Murkowski recently addressed long-standing concerns about transboundary mining in a Northern Journal interview, highlighting the ongoing impacts of the abandoned Tulsequah Chief mine on the Taku watershed. " In that instance [of the abandoned Tulsequah Chief mine], we saw, just, a complete failure, and a failure that went on for decades to the point where, in British Columbia, they know that they have got to address it," Senator Murkowski said. "They know that for projects going...