At the headwaters of the Kvichak and the Nushagak Rivers in Bristol Bay Alaska — the two largest remaining sockeye salmon runs on the planet — mining companies have proposed to extract what may prove to be the richest deposit of gold and copper in the world. Red Gold is a portrait of a unique way of life that would not exist if the salmon didn't return with Bristol Bay's tide. The filmmakers “set out to create a different kind of environmental documentary – one that gives all sides a chance to be seen and heard. Red Gold is more about the place and its people than facts and numbers.”
Directed and Produced by Jons Else & Linda Harrar.
The first three episodes are based on Marc Reisner's book, Cadillac Desert (1986), that delves into the history of water use and misuse in the American West. It explores the triumph and disaster, heroism and intrigue, and the rivalries and bedfellows that dominate this little-known chapter of American history. The final episode is drawn from Sandra Postel's book, Last Oasis (1992), which examines the global impact of the technologies and policies that came out of America's manipulation of water, demonstrating how they have created the need for conservation methods that will protect Earth's water for the next century. (source: wikipedia)
Battle for the Klamath
Directed and produced by Steven Johnson
A feature length documentary about the fight over water and salmon in the modern west.
River of Renewal
River of Renewal tells the story of conflict over the resources of California and Oregon's Klamath Basin, a bioregion larger than 9 of our 50 states. The film documents protest and acts of civil disobedience as Indian tribes, farmers, and commercial fishermen defend their ways of life. It witnesses a remarkable turnaround as politically polarized stakeholders and government agencies overcome bitter divisions in reaching a consensus about the future.
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Listen to a Podcast about Chinook Salmon!
Brock Doleman of the OAEC: Your Watershed is Your Lifeboat, by Sarah O'Leary
California's Agriculural Water Stewardship Initiative
Humboldt Bay Watershed Plan
Salmon Snapshot: Take a look at the factors influencing salmon today
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After fighting for years over its water, farmers, Native American, and fishermen are joining forces to let the troubled Klamath River run wild again. Read the National Geographic article, Reuniting a River.
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The Coho Conundrum: "On the vortex of extinction." What happened? What's being done?
Central CA Coast Coho Evoluntionary Sensitive Unit (ESU): http://wildequity.org/species/29
http://baynature.org/articles/web-only-articles/california-coho-salmon-in-dire-straits
Central Coast Coho Salmon on the Brink
Video: Saving Salmon, Saving Us: Reintroduction of Coho Salmon into a Sonoma County Coastal Watershed
KQED Quest Radio Report: 5-minute radio report on Saving Coho
KQED Quest Video: California's Lost Salmon
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