FRONTLINE probes the fault lines of a growing battle in the Bristol Bay region
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 12:04AM 
On July 24th FRONTLINE, American public television's flagship public affairs series, will turn their journalistic attention to Bristol Bay.
The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the last great wild sockeye salmon fishery in the world. It’s also home to enormous mineral deposits—copper, gold, molybdenum—estimated to be worth over $300 billion. Now, two foreign mining companies are proposing to extract this mineral wealth by digging one of North America’s largest open-pit mines, the “Pebble Mine,” at the headwaters of Bristol Bay. FRONTLINE travels to Alaska to probe the fault lines of a growing battle between those who depend on this extraordinary fishery for a living, the mining companies who are pushing for Pebble, and the political framework that will ultimately decide the outcome.
FRONTLINE's Alaska Gold airs on July 24th.
Hello marketing? Could someone please find me a stock image of an ethnically diverse group of attractive young people eating popcorn for the FRONTLINE Party for a Cause activation e-mail blast?
Host your own Save Bristol Bay Viewing Party for Frontline's "Alaska Gold" and receive an exclusive Party for a Cause salmon swag bag. Just follow the instructions below to enter and you might be one of five lucky winners!
E-mail us at: sbbcontest@gmail.com with the following:
Submit your name, location, and how many people you'll invite to watch Frontline with you. Then, in 200 words or less, tell us why you care about protecting Bristol Bay. Five winners will be chosen on Friday, July 20. We'll send each winner a great swag bag with smoked salmon, popcorn and other goodies.
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