In early 2018, some game-changing things happened concerning the proposed Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska. The EPA backtracked, leaving its proposed protections for the Bristol Bay Watershed on the Table. In addition, Pebble Limited Partnership's plans submitted as part of their application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the build the mine, became public. The company that wants to build the Pebble Mine is forging ahead while tribes opposing the mine say they will keep fighting it even as it progresses through the permitting process.