Jared W. Huffman, the US representative for California’s 2nd Congressional District and chair of the House Natural Resources subcommittee, was influential in the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to veto the long-disputed Pebble Mine project in Southwest Alaska. The proposed copper, gold, and molybdenum mining project threatened one of the world’s largest salmon spawning grounds and the tribes and residents whose livelihoods depended on the watershed and fisheries.