KLUKWAN, AK— Chilkat Forever on Tuesday delivered to the Haines Assembly letters from nearly 300 Chilkat Valley residents opposing the proposed Palmer Project. The letter urges the Assembly to “keep the Chilkat River free of acid-generating mines and full of fish – forever.” 

“Everyone who lives, hunts, fishes, and recreates in this watershed has something to lose,” said Kimberley Strong, President of Chilkat Indian Village. “Any entity considering investment in this project should understand that it will face sustained and unyielding opposition from the stewards of Jilkáat Héeni.” .

KLUKWAN, AK—The Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan) and Chilkat Forever commend and thank the American Bald Eagle Foundation for its recent recognition of the significant threats large- scale hard rock mining poses to bald eagle habitat; to the biodiversity of our valley, the Jilḵáat Aani Ḵa Héeni (Chilkat Valley Watershed); and to the way of life the Chilkat Valley provides to all who live here. The American Bald Eagle Foundation in January passed a new resolution stating its opposition to the continuation of large-scale hard rock mining activities in the Chilkat Valley, which has only recently become public.