• 30
  • Dec, 2011
  • 1
Whale Watching in Sitka: VIDEO
POSTED BY therealalaska IN Brett Veerhusen, Featured Posts, Recreation, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring, Video
Whale Tale

Watch this beautiful, short video when Brett and Sierra take a break from herring fishing and witness the amazing whale feeding frenzy.

  • 29
  • Dec, 2011
  • 0
TRA Apparel Line Launch
POSTED BY therealalaska IN Announcement, Featured Posts, Hook Line Sisters
TRA Hoodie

The Real Alaska team is ecstatic to launch our own line of apparel – allowing people to proudly promote their unique connection to Alaska with hoodies and various t-shirts.

  • 13
  • Dec, 2011
  • 0
What the Fraser River Actually Teaches Us
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Bristol Bay, Featured Posts, Opinion, Pebble Mine, Salmon, Video
Photo Courtesy of Bob Waldrop

Pebble Partnership video advertisement counterpoint: Does the historical performance of the Fraser River compare to the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers where the Pebble mine is proposed? Can “hundreds of miners and several large open-pit mines” live next to a world-class fishery?

  • 22
  • Nov, 2011
  • 2
Amazing Turnout at Young Fishermen’s Dinner/Bar Crawl
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Featured Posts, Occupation
Bar crawl, everyone

Over 20 fishermen joined the Young Fishermen’s Dinner/Bar Crawl and created a huge success. It gave a chance for the younger generation to connect and meet each other. We’re already looking forward to Fish Expo 2012 so we can do it again!

  • 29
  • Oct, 2011
  • 0
Pebble Counterpoint: Comparing to the Kennecott Mine
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Bristol Bay, Featured Posts, Opinion, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Bristol Bay Boat and Chart

After I got home this summer, I spent some time browsing blogs, reading fact sheets and listening to pro-Pebble ads. In a short series of posts here at The Real Alaska and Alaska Waypoints, I’m going to present some point/counterpoint on the Pebble situation.

POINT: Kennecott didn’t kill the Copper River, so that must mean Pebble won’t kill the Nushagak and the Kvichak

  • 23
  • Oct, 2011
  • 0
Anti-Pebble Momentum Builds as Road Show Audience Soars
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Bristol Bay, Featured Posts, Salmon
Bristol Bay -7994

The Save Bristol Bay Road Show has been to three cities so far and nearly 1,000 people in total have learned more about the Pebble Mine. San Francisco is next!

  • 29
  • Sep, 2011
  • 0
Join Brett: Save Bristol Bay Roadshow
POSTED BY therealalaska IN Brett Veerhusen, Bristol Bay, Featured Posts
SEA_Poster

Join Brett, Trout Unlimited and many more exciting panelists for a series of events to help save Bristol Bay from the Pebble Mine. We will be screening the award-winning documentary, Red Gold, as you learn more about the fight to stop the Pebble Mine!

  • 05
  • Jun, 2011
  • 1
Calling Alaska’s Lost Generation
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Featured Posts, Occupation, Opinion
Brett Veerhusen being a young skipper

Do you know how many times I hear, “I’m getting too old for this shit”?

Well, I’m sorry to break the news, but if you think you might be, then you probably are…

  • 18
  • May, 2011
  • 0
Pebble Decision Makers Must Answer to the Generations
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Advice, Brett Veerhusen, Bristol Bay, Featured Posts, Sustainability
NoPebbleMine1

Every single person in local, state and federal government who has a say in whether or not the Pebble Mine moves forward must acknowledge and answer to those generations

  • 14
  • Apr, 2011
  • 1
Photo Album: Sitka Herring 2011 by Brett
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Featured Posts, Photographs, Sitka Herring
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A season filled with highs and lows, battles and victories. Here is a glimpse of my never to be forgotten experience crewing aboard the F/V Memry Anne during the Sitka Sac Roe Herring Fishery of 2011. Enjoy!