Dear NRDC Supporter,

There's a reason the Pebble Mine has received fierce bipartisan opposition for decades:

It's that bad.

Now, a dark-horse investor has pledged $60 million to back mining company Northern Dynasty Minerals' latest legal campaign to unravel protections for Alaska's Bristol Bay so they can build their massive gold and copper mine.

Bristol Bay's future is hanging in the balance, and our emergency match expires Saturday. We still need your support, .

Donate $5 by March 30 and your gift will DOUBLE, up to $50,000, to help save the magnificent wilderness of Bristol Bay and protect our environment.

What's so bad about Pebble Mine that it would inspire broad, bipartisan opposition, including from Alaska's Republican senators?

• The mine would generate up to 10 billion tons of toxic waste — the equivalent of 2,500 pounds for every living person — stored in an earthquake zone at the headwaters of the world's greatest salmon fishery
• There is no safe way to store this waste: A supposedly fail-proof dam at another mineral mine in Canada failed catastrophically, causing an environmental disaster
• A dam failure could decimate Bristol Bay's wild salmon runs, which generate $2.2 billion in revenue, support 15,000 jobs, and sustain an astounding array of wildlife, from belugas and bears to lynx and eagles

The strength of our Bristol Bay legal defense rests upon the kind of support we can muster today:

Donate by midnight on Saturday and your gift will be MATCHED $1-for-$1, up to our goal of $50,000, to fuel our legal battle against the Pebble Mine and defend one of our planet's greatest ecosystems.

For decades, you and other NRDC supporters fought alongside Alaskan Tribes, and the Yup'ik, Dena'ina, and Alutiiq people in Bristol Bay, to secure permanent protections for this spectacular watershed.

Time and again, we've won: First, by forcing other mining giants to give up on the project... and then, by convincing heads of critical environmental agencies across three different administrations that this mine poses an existential threat.

Say you'll support us once more as we work to drive a stake through the heart of this nightmare project once and for all.

Sincerely,

Taryn Kiekow Heimer
Director, Ocean Energy, Nature Program, NRDC