Francis Lam is the host of the NPR syndicated food show called Splendid Table and it is a program that I have admired for some time now. On Sunday afternoons I enjoy listening to it on my radio in the kitchen as I cook dinner for my loves. I had the pleasure of meeting Francis […]
March 29, 2021
Eva’s is Save spelled backwards and vice-versa. Eva’s Wild is a platform for placing your thinking around saving what you love and Mark Titus is the creator of this beautiful frame. He has integrated his love of fish and the wild places they are from with his art of filmmaking and synthesized this with activism […]
March 25, 2021
NowThis interviewed me and I got to talk about some things that I really care about. Here is the interview and if you would like to take action be sure to visit the Stop Pebble Mine Now web page. Thank you for taking the time to watch. Take good care, Mel
May 31, 2019
Amy Gulick, author of Salmon in the Trees, an amazing book that conveys so much of what salmon contribute to the landscapes that they return to upon migrating home, has produced another salmon book. THE SALMON WAY, an Alaska state of mind, intricately weaves the lives of Alaskans and their connections to salmon through photographs and storytelling. […]
May 2, 2019
Hello Friends, I am still into the original things that I originally decided to center my writing on this site about. So much so that it has been difficult to find time to keep this blog going. It is time to dust it off and continue to share out into the world what needs to […]
August 20, 2014
For those of you who have an interest in what is happening with the fight in Bristol Bay over the proposed Pebble Mine, this repost may be of special interest to you. We are in the midst of a 60 day comment period that will end on September 19th. If you care about wild […]
January 6, 2014
This photograph was part of a collaboration between a fellow Bristol Bay set-netter, Lindsey Aspelund, and myself. Please take the time to open the link below so that you can see and read the piece that appeared in the January 2014 issue of Pacific Fishing Magazine. Pacific Fishing-House Bill 77 Thank you Don McManman, […]
December 10, 2013
So much has happened since the last time I posted about the waiting game that the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) was playing with the dangling of their mine permit application to the State of Alaska. One really big development was the withdrawal of one of the half-owners of the project, Anglo American. It gave opponents […]
June 4, 2013
Lately I have heard a lot about the uncertainty of waiting from those who are connected to the outcome of the proposed Pebble Mine development. There are a number of unknowns associated with the prospective project, but the biggest stressor by far is the Pebble Limited Parnership’s assertion that they have no mine plan. Senator […]
May 10, 2013
There are so many ways of finding and defining balance. When it comes to the fight for saving Bristol Bay salmon from the threat of large scale mining, namely the proposed Pebble Mine, science and emotion are to be considered. In the situation that I speak of my emotions do run high and it can […]
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