The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

The Bristol Bay drainage including Tularik Creek and the Kvichak River are under siege from what may be the world's largest open pit mine. The dam to hold back the toxic slurry will be the biggest earthen dam ever built.

Buy the video. Trout Unlimited's Alaska office will receive all proceeds PLUS five bucks we'll add for each DVD sold. http://flyline.com/redgold/

If you can't afford to buy the video come watch the show at SYRCL's Wild and Scenic film festival January 9-11. http://www...dscenicfilmfestival.org/

We watched this film at last night's meeting of the Stanislaus Fly Fishers. To say it is good is an understatement.

The production values are outstanding, but that is of little consequence compared to the content.

This is a must see film for anyone concerned with the ongoing battle over resource use in the USA. While the video was created from the standpoint of ANTI-Pebble Mine, it is a balanced treatment. There are spokespersons from both sides who make reasoned arguments (the one exception in my estimation was Bruce Jenkins, the COO of Northern Dynasty Corp., the company behind the proposal, who basically just restates tired cliché-like comments about this being good for the economy and the backward nature of the people on the opposing side who are too ignorant to know what's good for them) to validate their positions, pro/con Pebble Mine.

The film portrays the life of those in Alaska who depend on the Bristol Bay ecosystem (particularly its fish, as the title "Red Gold" refers to the red bands of the Chinook salmon flowing upstream), natives and whites alike. It does a great job of emphasizing the harmony between these peoples, the land, and the salmon who bring life to all who reside there.

Make it a point to pick up a copy of the DVD, or find someone who owns it.


Buzz