US moves against Alaska gold and copper mine to protect salmon fishery

“There is reason to believe that mining of this deposit would result in significant and irreversible adverse impacts to what is essentially an extremely valuable and unique place,” said Gina McCarthy, the EPA administrator.
“It is not something the agency does very often but the Bristol Bay fishery is an extraordinary resource and worthy of out of the ordinary agency actions to protect it,” she said.
The decision, hailed as an important victory for environmental campaigners, will inevitably be see as a sign of government overreach by supporters of the project.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/us-blocks-alaska-bristol-bay-mine-salmon-fishing