banks and Alaska, the mine’s restoration work can be considered priceless. “It is impossible to place a dollar value on the ]P^`W_^ZQ_SP]PNWLXL_TZYPʬZ]_^M`__SPTY_]TY^TN aLW`PZQNWPLYbL_P]LYOL[]ZO`N_TaPʭ^SP]dNLYYZ_ MPZaP]^_L_PO4YLOOT_TZY_Z_SPN`]]PY_MPYPʭ_^]P - LWTePOOZbY^_]PLX_SPPNZYZXTNMPYPʭ_^bTWWNL]]d _SPT]^_]PYR_SPYTYRTYʮ`PYNPQL]TY_Z_SPQ`_`]Pɮ said Lorna Shaw, Community outreach director for Fort Knox. ?SPʭ]^_?TWP^_ZY,bL]ObPY__Z_SP,WL^VL-ZL]O of Forestry in 2008 was recognized at a reception in its honor as part of the Alaska Municipal League’s conference on climate change. The Resource Development Council is a state- bTOPYZY[]Zʭ_XPXMP]^ST[Q`YOPOZ]RLYTeL_TZY made up of businesses and individuals from all re- source sectors, as well as Native corporations, sup- port sectors, labor unions, and local governments. Through the Council these interests work together to promote and support responsible development of Alaska’s resources. The Alaska Conservation Alliance is the state- wide umbrella group for approximately 40 mem- ber organizations with a combined membership of over 38,000 Alaskans. The Alliance unites Alaska’s conservation community to speak with one strong voice in the State Capitol.
Kinross continues its service to habitat EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2009, Fort Knox was honored for good stewardship and conservation for its work on restor- ing Fish Creek near the mine. Here is the original article: Fort Knox gold mine near Fairbanks, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game and three seafood pro- cessors in Unalaska have been selected to receive the Second Annual Tileston Award, named after longtime Alaskan conservationist Peg Tileston and her long- time husband and former state mining director Jules Tileston. The award celebrates resource developers bSZ^P^`NNP^^T^XPL^`]POTY_SPT][Z^T_TaPPʬPN_ZY our jobs and economy as well as our environment. Developers who, as Peg says, do it right. BSPY1Z]_6YZcLYO,/12]P^_Z]POʭ^SSLMT_L_ and Arctic grayling to Fish Creek and when Unalas- VLɪ^^PLQZZO[]ZNP^^Z]^XLOPZTWZ`_ZQʭ^SbL^_P_Z generate heat and electricity, they captured the spir- it of the Resource Development Council and Alaska Conservation Alliance annual Tileston Award, “if it is in Alaska, it must be done right!” “The Alaska Conservation Alliance and the Re- source Development Council both agree that eco- nomic development and environmental stewardship are not mutually exclusive goals. The Tileston Award is not viewed as a ‘green’ award for the resource development industry or as ‘economic’ recognition for a conservation organization. “It is a uniquely Alaskan award established to honor organizations, individuals, and/or businesses that create solutions and innovations advancing the goals of economic development and environmental protection,” said ACA Executive Director Caitlin Higgins. The city of Unalaska and RDC member Frank Kelty nominated Alyeska Seafoods, Westward Sea- foods, and Unisea Inc. for their processing and use ZQSTRS\`LWT_dʭ^SZTWTY_SPT][WLY_Z[P]L_TZY&`^PO as a 50 percent blend in the city’s diesel generators and steam boilers and export for other uses. Kelty said he wanted to nominate the seafood processors _ZM]TYRLbL]PYP^^_Z_SPT]PʬZ]_^ “It was a pleasure for us to nominate them,” Kelty said, “few people know that they have been `^TYRʭ^SZTWZ`_SP]PQZ]dPL]^LYOdPL]^ɮ Fort Knox and ADF&G are being awarded for taking it upon themselves to repair damage done _Zʭ^SSLMT_L_Q]ZX[L^_LN_TaT_TP^ZQZ_SP]XTYTYR operations in Fish Creek near Fairbanks. Their ef- forts established a viable Arctic Grayling population in Fish Creek and reversed Fish Creek’s listing as an Impaired Water Body. Though the mine has brought and estimated $250 million economic boost to Fair-
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