the latest from bristol bay:

Save the Salmon by Eating Salmon

It sounds like a culinary twist on the famous Vietnam-era statement — “It became necessary to destroy the village in order to save it.” — but there’s some logic behind Trout Unlimited’s campaign this week to save Bristol Bay’s wild salmon.

Trout Unlimited is, according to this story in the Anchorage Press, a national non-profit of fly-fishermen, and the group has hit the streets of D.C. like a school of piranha. Read more.

Free Red Gold Showing and Panel Discussion at National Geographic

Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Week includes a FREE screening of the award-winning documentary, Red Gold, followed by a panel discussion featuring Bristol Bay Natives, commercial salmon fishermen, and campaign leaders from Alaska. All attendees will be entered in a raffle for Patagonia gear, a fly fishing rod and reel package, and a weekend fly fishing course in West Virginia.

What: FREE Red Gold Showing and raffle sponsored by Patagonia
When: October 22nd 7:30 - 9 PM  Doors open at 7 PM

Class ring makers join boycott against Alaska mine

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The growing list of jewelers vowing to boycott
gold from a proposed Alaska mine now includes major manufacturers of
class rings.

Herff Jones and Commemorative Brands Inc., both of
which make class rings, have joined the list of jewelers opposed to the
proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska. The mine is estimated to
contain hundreds of billions of dollars worth of copper, gold and
molybdenum, but would be built near some of the world's most productive
wild salmon streams.

Survey shows strong opposition to Pebble Mine

Anchorage, Alaska--A new survey sampling a cross-section of Bristol Bay
residents shows widespread disapproval of the proposed Pebble Mine, and
Native Alaskan groups now are stepping up their calls for mining
companies to abandon the project. Read more.

Saving Salmon

LAX Magazine published a story this summer about Bristol Bay and
Trout Unlimited Alaska’s campaign to save the world’s largest sockeye
salmon run from the threat of industrial-scale mining. Read the article
here:

http://www.lax-magazine.com/feature_salmon.html

Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program works to preserve, protect and restore wild salmon and trout populations throughout Alaska. Through sound scientific data, strong grassroots outreach and advocacy, and hands-on involvement in conservation projects we protect some of the most pristine and prized rivers on the planet, restore those that need some help, and engage the next generation of coldwater stewards in Alaska’s natural heritage.