Salmon Beyond Borders Statement Following Passage of House Joint Resolution 9 Through the Alaska House Fisheries Committee

April 6, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Heather Hardcastle, Salmon Beyond Borders, (907) 209-8486 
 
Salmon Beyond Borders Statement Following Passage of House Joint Resolution 9 Through the Alaska House Fisheries Committee 

JUNEAU, ALASKA -  Today, “House Joint Resolution 9: Canadian Mines on Transboundary Rivers (HJR 9)" successfully passed in the House Fisheries Committee. This resolution, introduced by Representative Ortiz (I - Ketchikan) and sponsored by Representatives Kreiss-Tomkins, Tuck, Tarr, and Parish, “urges the United States government to continue to work with the government of Canada to investigate the long-term, region-wide downstream effects of proposed and existing industrial development and to develop measures to ensure that state resources are not harmed by upstream development in British Columbia.”

In response to the passage of HJR 9, Heather Hardcastle of Salmon Beyond Borders stated: 


“We are pleased to see the Alaska House Fisheries Committee join thousands of Alaskans, and the Alaska congressional delegation in support of an international framework, under which the U.S. and Canadian federal governments can develop enforceable protections and financial assurances to defend Alaska’s valuable resources and way of life. This framework would be complimentary to the State of Alaska’s current non-binding Statement of Cooperation with British Columbia.” 

HJR 9 will be heard in the House Resources Committee Monday, April 10 at 1:00 p.m. in room 124.


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Salmon Beyond Borders is a campaign driven by sport and commercial fishermen, community leaders, tourism and recreation business owners and concerned citizens, in collaboration with Tribes and First Nations, united across the Alaska/British Columbia border to defend and sustain our transboundary rivers, jobs and way of life. Visit us online at salmonbeyondborders.org and find us on Facebook.