Panel to discuss Pebble Mine

November 29, 2010

Marmian Grimes

Marmian Grimes
907-474-7902
11/29/10

The պ will host a panel discussion, “Pebble Mine: How Researchers Tackle Tough Questions,” Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom on the պ campus.

The panel will include experts in a broad range of disciplines and will examine how researchers and members of the public can inform themselves about the Pebble Mine project. The discussion will not debate the merits of the project itself, but will offer people the tools to make their own decisions.

The panel discussion is the second in a series of research seminars sponsored by the պ Northern Studies program and the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections at Rasmuson Library. Panelist will include Milo Adkison from the պ School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, mining engineer Gang Chen, Alaska Department of Fish and Game subsistence specialist Davin Holen. Oscar Kawagley of the Alaska Native Knowledge Network, պ political science professor Jerry McBeath and Rainer Newberry of the պ geology and geophysics department.

The event is free and open to the public.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Mary Ehrlander, director of the պ Northern Studies program, at 907-474-6556 or mfehrlander@alaska.edu.

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