Carol Woody

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Dr. Carol Ann Woody works for the non-profit Center for Science in Public Participation in Anchorage, Alaska. She is past president of the Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and currently serves with the Western Divisions Environmental Concerns Committee. She has over 25 years of professional experience including 18 years as a federal fisheries scientist.

EPA's Pebble assessment sells Bristol Bay salmon short

OPINION: The EPA assessment of the potential Pebble mine underestimates the threat posed to Bristol Bay salmon by not considering several important factors.

By Carol Woody●

July 09, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Demand real science in Pebble reviews

As potential impacts of Pebble Mine on Bristol Bay's fishery resources are revealed and discussed, Alaskans should insist on full disclosure of scientific methods, data, and results in addition to critical assessments of related science by a jury of peers.

By Carol Woody●

August 06, 2012 at 9:21 pm

Fraser salmon run no example of coexistence

Cynthia Carroll, the Pebble Limited Partnership's CEO, recently came from London to assure Alaska's Resource Development Council that salmon and open pit copper sulfide mining really can coexist. This caused me to consider all similar copper mines I know in salmon habitat in case I had missed a thriving example of coexistence.

By Carol Woody●

March 13, 2011 at 6:10 pm

It seems fox is watching Pebble henhouse

The Pebble mineral deposit lies underneath headwaters of two major Bristol Bay salmon drainages.

By Carol Woody●

September 01, 2008 at 10:38 pm