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These photos are from the Upper Talarik Creek segment of my month-long, 450+ mile Trek through the Pebble Mine watersheds The Pebble Mine project is a controversial proposal by Northern Dynasty Minerals to build one of the largest gold and copper mines in the world, in southwest Alaska, near Lake Iliamna. Northern Dynasty has not yet applied for permits, but their current proposal involves both a large open pit and an underground mine, as well as removal of the water from the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek and the Koktuli River ( important fish habitats). The site sits at the headwaters of two major Bristol Bay drainages ( Nushagak and Kvichak), and potentially poses a large threat to the region's salmon. This proposal has become a major political issue in Alaska, pitting pro-mining forces against local native villages and commercial and sport fishermen. Pictures and other files are provided free for download for non-profit use only. Please credit the photographer (Erin McKittrick). For commercial use, please contact me at mckittre at gmail dot com. My photographs of the Pebble Mine area have been published in Alaska and Fly Fisherman magazines, the Bristol Bay Times, as well as by the Renewable Resources Coalition, the Wilderness Society, the Alaska Conservation Foundation, and other environmental groupss. | |
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 2817 - Marsh at the mouth of Upper Talarik Creek, looking upstream towards Sharp Mountain.
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 2820 - Outlet of Upper Talarik Creek on Lake Iliamna, looking upstream towards Sharp Mountain.
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 2823 - Ancient beach of Lake Iliamna, overgrown with tundra and spruce.
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 2824 - Picking last year's cranberries, at the mouth of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2829 - Frog in the labrador tea, above Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2838 - Side channel of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2848 - Tundra and black spruce parkland above Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2849 - 4-wheeler hunting trail along Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2854 - Upper Talarik Creek, surrounded by spruce forest.
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 2864 - Spruce hen in the tundra above Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2866 - Spruce hen in the tundra above Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2872 - Side stream feeding into Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2875 - Walking the trail along Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2881 - 360 panorama from a hill above Upper Talarik Creek, showing some of the many small lakes in the area.
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 2888 - Small lake above Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2898 - Looking across Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2900 - In Upper Talarik Creek, below the gorge.
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 2901 - In Upper Talarik Creek, below the gorge.
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 2905 - Bird's nest in the alder along Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2907 - Beaver pond along Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2912 - Upper Talarik Creek gorge.
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 2913 - Upper Talarik Creek gorge.
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 2914 - Just upstream of the Upper Talarik Creek gorge.
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 2915 - Upper Talarik Creek gorge.
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 2916 - Upper Talarik Creek and the cliff behind it, from in the gorge.
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 2918 - The clear water of Upper Talarik Creek, in the gorge.
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 2919 - Hiking in Upper Talarik Creek gorge.
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 2923 - Hiker on a gravel bar in Upper Talarik Creek gorge.
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 2925 - Grayling from Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2927 - Catching a grayling in Upper Talarik Creek gorge.
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 2930 - Grayling from Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2935 - Looking down on Upper Talarik Creek gorge, from a cliff above it.
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 2938 - Looking down on Upper Talarik Creek gorge, from a cliff above it.
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 2936 - Upper Talarik Creek, from the cliffs at the end of the gorge.
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 2937 - Upper Talarik Creek, from the cliffs at the end of the gorge.
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 2945 - Panorama of Upper Talarik Creek and valley, just above the gorge.
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 2952 - Looking down on Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2953 - Hikers descending to Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2956 - Wading a beaver-dammed channel of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2957 - Beaver lodge on Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2959 - From the middle of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2967 - Mining claim stake above Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2971 - Climbing the mountains between Upper Talarik Creek and the mine site.
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 2973 - Baby ground squirrel on the hills above Upper Talarik Creek.
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 2979 - From the hills above Upper Talarik Creek, looking back down on Upper Talarik Creek valley.
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 3105 - Thunderstorm over the mine site, looking towards Groundhog Mtn and Upper Talarik Creek.
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 3201 - Little flowers in the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 3202 - Little flowers in the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 3205 - Fireweed and grass in the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 3206 - Monkshood in the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 3212 - Headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 3215 - Beaver pond near the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek, on the foothils of Groundhog Mtn.
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 3259 - Looking over the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek, with the mine site, Frying Pan Lake, and Sharp Mtn in background.
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 1170 - Rock rose, near the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 3248 - Panorama looking over the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 1177 - Mining claim stake lying in the tundra at the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 1183 - Cotton grass tussocks near the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 1199 - Ducks taking off from Upper Talairk Creek headwaters.
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 1172 - Looking across the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek to the mine site and Sharp Mountain. Helicopter flying overhead.
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 1174 - Alder in a gully at the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek.
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 1202 - Looking across the headwaters of Upper Talarik Creek, drill rig in background.
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