Voters Pass ‘SOS’ Initiative

The ‘Save Our Salmon’ Initiative passed in the Lake and Peninsula Borough by a narrow margin.     The final count was 280 to 246.     The initiative changes borough code to forbid the granting of permits for any big development, including a mine that would have a “significant adverse impact” on salmon streams.  But, the battle over the Initiative is far from over.

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