Gold Mine Planned for Southwest Alaska Threatens Environment and Local Communities

ALASKANS FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING — The Kuskokwim region is at a crossroads. A massive gold mine is planned at Crooked Creek, a tributary of the Kuskokwim. With an estimated 27 year production run churning out more than one million ounces of gold per year, the Donlin Gold mine would require …

[source: http://ecowatch.org/2013/gold-mine-alaska/]