Not sure what you need to support their claim? Is it wrong for people to support and protect their business ? No, I'm one of the thousands of commercial fisherman from the area. I'm protecting my business as well, I don't  want this mine either. It's a well known fact that the Bristol Bay salmon run is a 2.5 billion dollar a year world wide economy. That feeds millions each year. And the whole reason is does support the worlds largest salmon run is because of the watershed of Bristol Bay. And its a proven fact, every large scale open pit mine in the world affects the watershed around it from Acid Mine Drainage..... Thanks for realizing that this is the wrong mine in the wrong place...