SHALL WE? OR SHALL WE NOT?

-PEOPLE WANT THE LAND KEPT ALL NATURAL, OTHERS WANT THE NATURAL RESOURCES

GOLD, COPPER, SILEVR, AND ZINC

MOSTLY NEVER BEEN MINED TO BE KEPT NATURAL

GREAT CHANCE OF HARMING WATER, FISH, & OTHER WILDLIFE

HEADWATER AND ALASKA'S WATERSHED

COSTS U.S. TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLORS

JUST OVER 3.5 BILLION IN 2011 DUE TO METAL PRODUCTION

PROVIDES AROUND 2,500 DIRECT JOBS~10,000 INDIRECT JOBS

MINING BRINGS IN 3% OF ALASKA'S GROSS PROFIT

DUE TO EXPLORING COSTS

PROVIDES JOBS, BRINGS IN STATE REVENUE, & LOTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES

CONTAMINATES HEADWATER, HARMS WILDLIFE, & RUINS NATURAL BEAUTY

GREEDY PEOPLE ARE CAUSING THIS AFFECTING CONTAMINATION BUT ALSO JOBS

1914-LIVENGOOD CREEK GOLD WAS DISCOVERED

ALASKA WILL BE MINED BECAUSE OF ALL ITS NATURAL RESOURCES DO TO GREED

LARGE TOURIST STATE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, CONTAMINATION MAY OCCUR