SAFS, salmon and science at the White House
A testament to the essential science and research happening in the UW SAFS Alaska Salmon Program, Professors Tom Quinn and Daniel Schindler were invited to a White House event on May 11, recognizing the EPA’s decision to halt the Pebble Mine project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay.
UW scientists have been working in Bristol Bay’s streams, rivers and lakes for over 75 years through the Fisheries Research Institute, with the current generation of SAFS faculty active for over three decades through the Alaska Salmon Program. The research of these scientists continues to provide critical and credible insights into environmental issues in the region, particularly ones affecting the world’s largest salmon fishery.
Taking place in the White House Rose Garden, President Biden and Alannah Hurley, Executive Director of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay, spoke to the event attendees who had gathered from a unique blend of groups: Native Alaskans, commercial fishers, processors, recreational fishers, river conservationists and scientists.
Quinn and Schindler’s invitation to the event highlights their commitment to discovery science in an era of rapid global change, producing data and knowledge for managing and conserving regional ecosystems and their fisheries.
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- Alannah Hurley, Executive Director of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay, and President Biden, giving an address to the event attendees
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- President Biden addressing the event attendees
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- Daniel Schindler, Wassillie Andrew (United Tribes of Bristol Bay), and Pete Andrew (Bristol Bay Native Corporation) on the White House lawn
