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Peter DeFazio: “It is my belief that the Bristol Bay watershed is too important, and too fragile, to allow a massive open-pit mine...”

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
It is my belief that the Bristol Bay watershed is too important, and too fragile, to allow a massive open-pit mine...
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio emphasizes the ecological importance of the Bristol Bay watershed against mining.

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