(the current president of these states
united)
As a chef who values sustainable wild
salmon, I am writing to ask for your support of Bristol Bay, Alaska’s salmon
fishery, where foreign mining companies are proposing North America’s largest
open-pit gold and copper mine. Now more than ever our nation must defend
sustainable, domestic food sources that are both healthy and affordable.
Bristol Bay presents an opportunity to permanently protect one of our nation’s
last wild foods and the thousands of renewable jobs that depend upon it. While
wild salmon stocks have disappeared around the world, Bristol Bay remains a
thriving salmon stronghold. Bristol Bay’s salmon have nourished Native people
and communities for thousands of years, sustaining their subsistence lifestyle
and culture. For the last 130 years, Bristol Bay’s salmon have supported a
thriving salmon fishery which sustains over 12,000 jobs each year and generates
over $350 million annually. With an average of 40 million salmon returning to
its watershed each summer, Bristol Bay is one of the last great wild salmon
fisheries left in the world, supplying over 40% of the world’s sockeye salmon.
The proposed Pebble Mine, which foreign mining companies want to develop in
Bristol Bay’s headwaters, could threaten and destroy all of this. With its
massive size, sensitive location, and sulfide-filled ore body, the Pebble Mine
is the wrong mine in the wrong place. In the event of an environmental disaster
or toxic poisoning of Bristol Bay’s clean waters, Americans will bear the costs
and the consequences. At the request of Bristol Bay Tribes, Native
corporations, commercial fishermen, seafood processors, sport anglers,
jewelers, chefs, and religious groups, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has conducted a Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment. We commend your
Administration for building this scientific foundation that will help inform
whether or not the EPA should use its authority under the Clean Water Act to
protect Bristol Bay’s salmon fisheries. We urge you to stand behind their
efforts and encourage an efficient review process that protects American jobs
and resources. As our nation’s fearless leader, you can decide the fate of
Bristol Bay and this irreplaceable national treasure that is at the core of our
nation’s history and deserves a place in our future. By protecting Bristol
Bay’s salmon fishery, we can protect the health of future generations, a native
culture that has existed for thousands of years, and renewable jobs and
opportunities for Americans. Are those big ass ears of yours open Obama, are
they open… 
You only have a few short
years to make right the gastronomic catastrophes you have created with your
pride of former Monsanto employees.....!
Sincerely- Chef Sebastian Carosi
