Xboundary
Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 10:31AM
El Guapo in Conservation, Environment, Film and Video, Mines, ryan peterson, salmon beond borders, transboundary

An open-pit mining boom is underway in northern British Columbia, Canada. The massive size and location of the mines--at the headwaters of major salmon rivers that flow across the border into Alaska--has Alaskans concerned over pollution risks posed to their multi-billion dollar fishing and tourism industries. These concerns were heightened with the Aug 4, 2014 catastrophic tailings dam failure at nearby Mt. Polley Mine in BC's Fraser River watershed.

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