Environment Overview

The Pebble Partnership is committed to develop the Pebble Project in a way that will provide long-term benefits for local communities while protecting environmental values and traditional ways of life.

To date, The Pebble Partnership has invested $87 million on environmental and socioeconomic studies to guide the development of a project plan that will be submitted for government and public review in the years ahead. These multi-disciplinary studies are being conducted with the assistance of approximately 50 independent consulting firms. Additional studies are currently under way.

Environmental baseline studies are the cornerstone of environmental planning at the Pebble Project. Data collected from these rigorous studies provide the basis for understanding how the natural environment in the project area works, and why it works the way it does. This baseline knowledge is essential to determine how the project can be responsibly developed and managed without compromising fisheries and other valued natural resources in the Bristol Bay region.

Upon study completion, a comprehensive Environmental Baseline Document (EBD) will be prepared and appended to future project permit applications. The EBD will also be made publicly available when complete.

In May of 2008, the Pebble Partnership began providing preliminary environmental and socio-economic baseline data collected in support of the Pebble Project to state and federal agencies, project stakeholders and the general public prior to project permitting as part of its commitment to full and open disclosure. These reports can be viewed in the Pre-Permitting Environmental / Socio-Economic Data Report Series section.

Additional information will be posted on this site for review as it becomes available.