"Red Gold”: A Documentary Film About Bristol Bay’s Salmon and Gold Debate
Tuesday, April 7th, 7:00pm
Documentary Film
In Cordova, meet at the Forest Service conference room upstairs.
Not available in Valdez
The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the Kvichak and Nushagak rivers, the two most prolific sockeye salmon runs left in the world. Two mining companies have proposed an open-pit and under-ground mine at the headwaters of the two rivers. Despite promises of a clean project by mining officials, the accident-plagued history of hard rock mining has wrought one of the biggest land use issues Alaska has ever faced. The documentary film called Red Gold is more about the place and its people than the facts and numbers. For the first time, Bristol Bay's subsistence, commercial and sport-fishing communities have joined together for a common cause.
