AMA Award Winners
Kinross Alaska, Environmental Stewardship Award
increase watershed productivity and function, benefit numerous fish and wildlife species, and help support local subsistence and recreational use in the area. Kinross’ commitment to environmental stewardship spans across all its work in Alaska. As described in greater detail in the attached narrative, Kinross’ commitment is evident through improvements it undertook to
Fish Creek at its Fort Knox mine, through its operation of the True North mine, and through its leadership and support for restoration efforts as part of the Alaska Abandoned Mine Restoration Initiative.
By Austin Williams Trout Unlimited enthusiastically supports Kinross for the Alaska
Miners Association’s 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award. Kinross is a leader in
environmental stewardship and a model within the mining industry for its long-standing commitment to the environment. Trout Unlimited is proud to consider Kinross among its best partners. Although our partnership started with relatively modest annual events aimed at improving recreational fishing opportunity for our youth and armed forces community, it has grown quickly and is now having significant benefit for our environment. In 2021, thanks to Kinross’ environmental leadership, we jointly founded the Alaska Abandoned Mine Restoration Initiative to improve the health and productivity of our waters and fisheries by restoring abandoned mine lands in Alaska. This partnership has catalyzed perhaps the most complex, significant, and impactful watershed restoration project currently taking place in Alaska at Resurrection Creek, near the community of Hope. The Resurrection Creek restoration project had sat idle for more than 15 years due to a lack of resources. However, through this new partnership and Kinross’ leadership, new life was breathed into the project. Once complete, the Resurrection Creek restoration project will restore approximately 2.5 miles of critical spawning and rearing habitat for Chinook, coho, chum and pink salmon impacted by historic placer mining. This project will improve water quality,
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