Tribal council wants pre-mine ecosystem study

Barbara Blake, special assistant to Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, answers a question about transboundary mining while Tlingit-Haida Central Council’s Rob Sanderson Jr. listens at a Native Issues Form on March 9, 2016, in Juneau. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government is pressing for an intensive environmental analysis of the region’s health. It’s part of a larger push for protection of transboundary rivers, which flow from British