Wednesday, December 17, 2014

President Obama Protects Alaska's Bristol Bay From Future Oil and Gas Drilling

<> President Obama Protects Alaska's Bristol Bay From Future Oil and Gas Drilling - President Obama designated the pristine waters of Bristol Bay as off limits to consideration for oil and gas leasing; the action safeguards one of the nation's most productive fisheries and preserves an ecologically rich area of the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska that is vital to the commercial fishing and tourism economy and to Alaska Native communities -- 40 percent of America's wild-caught seafood and a $2 billion annual fishing industry.