Editing Chilkat River (section)

==Threats==

The Chilkat was listed as one of [[America's Most Endangered Rivers]] in 2019<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stremple |first1=Claire |title=Conservation group: Chilkat and Stikine among 10 most endangered rivers in US |url=https://www.ktoo.org/2019/04/18/conservation-group-chilkat-and-stikine-among-10-most-endangered-rivers-in-us/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=KTOO |date=18 April 2019}}</ref> and again in 2023 due to threats from the [[Palmer Project]], a proposed underground copper and zinc mine sited upstream from the [[Tlingit]] village of [[Klukwan, Alaska|Klukwan]]. If built, the project is feared to result in pollution from acidic wastewater laced with heavy metals and hydrocarbons.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosen |first1=Yereth |title=Looming mine development puts Southeast’s Chilkat-Klehini system on list of endangered rivers |url=https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/looming-mine-development-puts-southeasts-chilkat-klehini-system-on-list-of-endangered-rivers/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=Alaska Beacon |date=19 April 2023}}</ref>